I could feel the energy pulsing through me, the way it coursed through my veins and my muscles tensed. I was ready for the chase, I was ready to find Silas, and get him as far from that woman as possible. I didn't want to think about the fact that those creatures survived, that they could attack again. I didn't want to think about it because I knew the only way to win against them was to give into that monster, that dark animal that I could feel inside me, like an inky black substance. But at the moment it was sedated, due to the fact that I had let it loose. I knew that I would not have an episode any time soon. I could smell Silas' lingering scent, along with the scent of one of Anninka's children. Now that I thought about it, they all carried that same, tainted smell and I couldn't tel

