Chapter 22: Trash
Alex
I stood perfectly still and stared at the food that was now scattered across the dirty ground.
There was the warm bread that Kaelan had brought me, now torn open and covered in grit. There were the slices of venison, which were still steaming just a little bit in the cold air. I saw the honeyed fruit crushed into the hard stone and the grey slush of the cellar floor. It had been a full meal. It was real food—the kind of food I had been dreaming about for days. Now, it was all ruined in a matter of seconds just because she had the power to do it.
Seraphine stood over the mess with her hands clasped neatly in front of her. She was smiling as if she had just won a very precious prize. She looked down at the ruined feast and then back at me, her eyes bright with a me
