A New Road

[Tabitha’s POV]

I stand up and take in the room in front of me. Atticus and Vance are both here, staring at me as if they’re looking at a ghost, and laying on the ground is Titus, and someone clearly beat the shit out of him.

“Good job,” I say slowly, nodding toward the bastard on the ground. “I’m glad the two of you managed to take care of him.”

It was probably ridiculous to say this after dying and then coming back, but the awkwardness was beginning to get to me.

“How?” Vance rasps, moving forward.

Reaching out, he attempts to touch me, but lets out a hiss when his fingers touch the sunlight and begin to burn.

“Dammit,” he growls.

“Here,” I say, climbing through the hole that was made in my cage while I was out of it. When I’m out of the sunlight and standing in front of Vance, I grab his wrist and bring his hand to my face so that he can feel it. “Better?”

Growing quiet, I wait as he processes what is happening, and when understanding finally seems to dawn in him, he is reaching ou