ugh the sterile room, mixing with the sha

the crash. They drew their Tasers

oken glass. They immediately raised their weapons, ai

ass shard. She lowered her center of gravi

ned on the trigger, a heavy, rhyt

inding of wheelchair gea

h. Both guards froze instantly, t

en with brutal force. It slammed ag

the doorway. The aura around him was suffocating,

ce was hidden in the shadows, highlightin

eyes locked onto the cold, dead s

man was her only way

dropped to the floor, shattering into

s. She forced tears to well up, transformi

shaking. She ignored the guards

e in the room, she dropped to her

e grabbed the fabric of his dark trouser

s and her slight shivering thro

against his knee. Tears

and to protect her from these st

espised being touched. His leg muscles t

As he did, a faint sc

ash he himself used, washing over him with a sudden, inexplicable sense of déjà vu. Felix's pupils contracted slight

, reaching out to drag Serena away be

Serena's shoulder when Felix's voic

ck

had been burned. He retreated to the w

ers clamped around the back of Serena's

r-streaked face looked up at h

down the roaring suspicion in his gut. A cruel

glaring at the terrified

his voice dripping with venom.