Chapter 139

“What… what have you done?” My voice tightened as I spoke, the urge to move forward gripping

  1. me.

His skin was too pale, a bloodless, ghostly white that contrasted starkly with the dark crimson of his blood.

My breathing was shaky, my heart pounding with an unexplainable fear.

“Don’t come any closer…” He sounded frightened of my approach, scared that I would see him

as he was now.

He had been calling out for Phoebe in a panic, as if afraid of losing something precious.

“Stay away, don’t look at me…” Suddenly, he lost control; his eyes reddened as he turned and ran back to his room, slamming the door shut behind him.

I couldn’t just leave him like that; I followed and knocked, but he wouldn’t open the door.

His bloody footprints were a jarring trail on the floor.

Since my rebirth, I realized I’d never truly faced Caleb’s condition. I knew he had mental health issues, that he could be unstable, even dangerous–maybe even a murderer.

know him, I saw he could be calm if not provoked. I hadn’t paid enough

breakdowns many times before, quickly called for the family doctor

to follow, but Eric stopped me.

Caleb might not want you to see

in

happening?” I asked Eric in a hushed,

can be terrifying. He gets urges to lash out, but he… he never

of souls could harm themselves to

Colin was one such soul.

went in to sedate Caleb, listening to his gut–wrenching screams that made

pain must he endure to have transformed from a prodigy to…

the door, I could

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Chapter 139

thinking, I reached out as if

I came to my

was I

streaked down my face

finally calmed down

from worry and panic, finally relaxed.

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