Chapter 25

My eyes were open but I couldn’t see. They strained trying to adjust to the darkness.

Two. That was the number of times I’d passed out in my lifetime. Both instances happened within a week of each other, this week. My life had become a circus.

Where was I? What happened? I remember I had been home with Trinity and then someone busted through my door.

No, not just someone. Acelin. I saw his face. I remembered the way he looked at me with intensity that I had seen before.

Oh, my God. What happened to Trinity? Was she okay? I was lying down in what felt like a bed, so I sat up quietly and searched with my hands trying to guide myself to feel around looking for any indication of where I might be. Finally I bumped into a table and found a lamp that I quickly turned on.

“What the hell!” I gasped. Acelin was sitting right there staring at me in the darkness.

“What are you doing? You scared the hell out of me. I couldn’t see at all.” I crossed my arms and glared at him annoyed and freak