CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

“I can’t believe you saved him,” Ace said, shaking her head in disappointment.

“We are not monsters,” I argued, finishing the cup of water Tina had kept behind for me.

“So we save every last of those beasts? Even after what they did to you? Even after you barely lived?”

I leaned back against the wall, looking at the ceiling. Though the searing pain continued to hit on every part of my body that I felt the need to die, I felt numb inside. The sight of Orion dying continued to haunt me and brought back memories of every massacre I ever had the grace to witness. Tears threatened to pour out of my eyes but i did everything i could to hold back. It was hard. Even trying not to think was hard. The smell and the feel of drying blood between my legs and on the cloth i wore was hard not to think about. I lost my baby. I lost my baby while trying to survive, while trying to save a monster that wanted me dead. I was too tired to be angry or sad. So i sat there, listlessly, feelin the watmth of T