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She rolled her lips into a thin line, regarding me coolly.
“I see,” she finally said.
“Well... Good,” I said, though I could tell that things were far from good. Unease nipped at the base of my tail, making it twitch. She no longer seemed angry. She seemed... Cold. Expressionless. Impossible to read, and she wasn’t easy to read at the best of times. Her eyes were hard in her little pale face as she spoke, the words even and measured.
“I’m very glad to see that you’re recovering well. I hope it continues.”
Why did her words make me feel like a dozen arrows had just been aimed straight at me? Like I needed to shield myself, or else nock my own angry arrow in return? At their core, the words were kind. They should have been comforting, but instead, they filled me with dread.
My claws itched, longing to reach for her. I teetered on the brink of turning back into that panicked, gibbering man I’d been four nights ago in the post-dream darkness.
I am lost, beloved.
I am lost and I wish that you would find me.
Hold me. Touch me. Train me. Tame me.
Make me into something worthy, or unmake me.
Just please...
Please don’t leave me behind.
I clamped my fangs down against each other so hard my jaw cracked.
I said nothing at all.
She turned and walked away.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Stephanie
Ileft Errok’s caveand passed blindly through the next one, ignoring Zoren’s questioning look. I couldn’t talk to anyone – not now. I was trying too hard not to puke. My stomach had been turned upside down and I was struggling to make it go back to normal.
And it was allhisfault. Him, the gorgeous, snarky, impatient, maddening Gahn. I’d told him I was glad he was recovering – and I was. I never wanted to see him that badly hurt again. But if I were being totally honest with myself, the fact that the Vrika’s blood had worked so well as to not even leave a scar behind made me feel like I had lost something. Like the night we’d shared had never even happened.
