The Siren's Scion
My small, still form, my skin a network of dried, cruel fissures, my body already tinged with grey.
Elara let out a sound I'd never heard before---a raw, guttural scream of pure agony. She was the first to move, dropping to her knees beside me.
"Isla? Isla, wake up. This isn't funny..." Her hand hovered over my cold arm, afraid to touch. When her fingers finally made contact, she recoiled. She looked up at a swaying Liam, his voice a broken whisper. "Liam... she's cold. She's really gone..."