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I passed another guard, also dead and bloodied, and I wondered if I was heading right toward them--those anted me dead I wondered, too, where Max was And Xander and Zafir I hoped I wouldn’t find their bodies littered aes I’d tried toas the warrior I’d alanted to be--I’d have called out for them Instead I was a coward andtheuard and one member of the house staff, and I followed the trail of blood that seeelina’s room Each step was measured by fear as I did my best not to step in the blood, but it was iether

I felt it, ainst the sickening sensation that I was soelina’s room, the door stood open, and my heart skipped several beats

"Eden," I pled, my voice entirely too quiet Entirely too shaky

Eden was nowhere and the rooht find Terrified that I was already too late, and that Angelina, too, would be added to the body count that had ae I hadn’t realized I possessed, silently willingI could siether we’d escape into the forest to hide

But my prayers were met by deaf ears

It would have been impossible to miss the crimson spray that mottled the snohite sheets, and the blood that splattereddoll, Muffin

The bed itself was empty

I reached for the doll and clutched it to asped, and then I was onforward

I didn’t stay there long, though, because soelina wasn’t dead

And that , I was no longer afraid

I had feelings, sure Anger Outrage A sudden new sense of boldness Did that count as a feeling?

It didn’t elina’s bed, e inside of me had been liberated, and noas a warrior

Now I had a elina! Eden!" I didn’t care about the others I didn’t care who heardmattered to me now