DERRICK POV
*Trigger Warning: This scene contains graphic violence, torture, dark psychological elements, and references to child endangerment. Reader discretion is strongly advised.*
*the Resistence - Skillet*
I needed blood. I needed to unleash.
Or Onyx would.
We’d lost control once, and it cost us almost everything. I’m not letting madness drive me anymore. Not rage. Not temper. Kai and Dalton are the better parts of me—and I owe them that.
The hallway stretched ahead, but time felt like it was folding in on itself. Every step echoed louder.
A ticking clock.
Closer. Closer. Closer.
Every second we lost was a second Lily might be slipping further from us.
My breathing grew shallow.
Tick.
Simon’s hands twitched at his sides.
Tok.
He walked beside me, jaw clenched so tight I
