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"No" My voice was a broken record It was all I could say as ht open when the horror of the reality set in

Moain

Because she had been assione Forever

{ Daemon }

I should’ve known

In the back of my head, that was all I could think I should’ve known that this was possible That the invading Luxen would get to Kat’sso horrific in hopes that Kat or I or someone would co for us but had done this just to be cruel, because Ethan would’ve known Kat’s mom, would’ve foreseen what it would’ve done

The moment Kat’s heart broke open, I felt it in my chest like it had been my own, and I’d experienced that kind of raw pain before when I was told that Dawson had died I’d never wanted her to go through what she was feeling, but there was no stopping it

Her eyes ide as she stu into the wall like she didn’t even knoas there, and she kept saying the saain

No

Tears streamed down her face as she raised her hands, like she wanted to fend off reality, hold it back Then she doubled over, folding her ar on the Luxen standing at the sink, s coldly as she watched Kat lose it The bastards did this to her

Rage litevery cell in un--the shot, the sound of it was too wrong to use in this situation, because even though this wasn’t her nized as about to happen a second too late She started to shift as I let the fury go and a blast of the Source sripped the sink, staggered, but I let go another bolt and it hit the back of her head

The Luxen’s light flared a bright white once, and then twice, before dulling like a lightbulb going out She fell over a bag of potatoes, s on the floor with a heavy thud In her true forht faded out of the network of veins, leaving behind a shell of a hu out as she dipped her chin against her chest

I whipped toward her "Katybaby, I’m" There really were no words except: "I’ her hands against the kitchen floor Throwing back her head, she screamed, and that sound was full of sorrow and heartbreak