It took all of Violet's strength, but she wrung herself backward, away from Carl. Whatever was happening to her had something to do with him. She could not be around him. She had to get away before the transformation was complete. She knew that her eyes were glowing again. Her whole body felt as if it was glowing. The strange power that was uncurling inside her could not be contained and was radiating outward. She had to get away before she exploded. Without glancing at Carl to see how he was doing, she turned and ran.
The island was not big enough to get her as far from him as she needed to be, but she ran as fast as she could. The only thing that existed for her was that feeling, no longer a hook but a nuclear reaction that threatened to transform everything around her with its sheer fo
