I moved to her side and used a towel to remove the perspiration off her forehead. “No! No! No, please! Twisting and writhing on the bed, she muttered to herself. She was really hurting. I gripped her hands, imagining myself in her suffering. I relieved her of her agony. Her breathing became more steady and quiet, and I could see that she was no longer as in pain. Isabella, what a mystery you are. I watched her sleep soundly, wishing I could see what was going through her thoughts. I removed the bracelet I had discovered in the forest by her side. I saw it on her wrist when we met at Coffee Bay, and I knew it belonged to her. “Never fear. I said in a whisper, “I’m here now, and I’ll protect you.
Unknown POV
Merely humming the lullaby Mockingbird, a slow but terrible laughter oozed out of my lips, reverberating all over my dark, alone rooms. “When the skies cry blood, the earth is fertilized with something dark, something evil-, something wicked!” For the last eleven days, I have not
