Chapter 16

Accashia knows that this sort of thing isn’t planned, this kind of awkward position she’s in with Calleb. Last night gave her such a rush. Fighting off Skeleton-like monsters called Shadows and actually defeating them. The thought materializes in the young lady’s head in the morning as she wakes up next to Calleb who was still sound asleep.

She watched him quietly, carefully as she bites onto her lower lip.

She watched how the soft but humid noon breeze brushed against his face, his long silver hair carried by the wind. She stared down on his long lashes and beautiful skin — lips and his strong neck.

The young lady bent down to get a closer look, pass through Calleb’s skin, bones and flesh and into his soul.

Why is she seeing this now when she never noticed this before? A kaleidoscope of colors mixed on Calleb’s strong soul. A swirl of red, a hint of gold. A touch of purple and blue and green — swirling together but not crashing and combining to an ugly mesh.

It was beautiful. And