Holly “No, that’s just her preferred style of torture, actually. She doesn’t need the energy to survive like a succubus, she just enjoys it, I suppose.” Quasim shrugged. Holly didn’t have a reply; she tried her best not to think of what was happening to Salix right now. It hurt to think that he might be enjoying himself. “We can’t sit here forever. Can you work with what I’ve got? Otherwise, they could be anywhere in the world and I don’t think we’ll ever find them then.” Finding Amara and Salix was starting to sound like an even more impossible task than it had before. She couldn’t bear the thought of not seeing either of them again. Seeds of despair planted themselves in her heart. “We have nothing to lose by trying. Let’s go.” His calm threw Holly off. With all of her anxieties an

