Jordan's POV "You are doing the right thing Jordan, giving her distance is the only way to protect her more than you know." Mum's voice rang out softly. To protect was a promise I had made but it was eating me slowly. For every second I stayed away, for ever hour I did not see her, the pain dug deeper inside of me. Mum's firm touch on my shoulder pulled me from my thoughts. Her eyes narrowed at me. I released a heavy sigh and ran a hand through my hair in frustration, I was losing it. Then I remembered the glowing markings that were beneath Elara's skin, it lingered in my thoughts like a memory that was refusing to fade. I had never seen anything like those marks, the seemed ancient and Elara did not even know she had them, she was completely clueless. "What does it mean..." I

