under his control
The light that had always burned behind his eyes was gone.
For a long moment, she couldn’t move. The rest of the world blurred the rumble of collapsing steel, the hiss of dying flames. It was just him and her, bound by the silence between heartbeats. Then something warm pulsed beneath her hand. She looked down and saw faint golden light spreading under her skin, the cure, alive, moving, transforming.
Liam’s words echoed inside her: Now you’re the cure.
Ava closed her eyes, swallowed her sob, and let the serum flow. The warmth spread through her veins, and with it came something else. It was like her body had become a vessel of light and grief. Her heartbeat grew louder, faster. The ground be