Genesis
His eyes were filled with unshed tears, glistening in the moonlight, reflecting the depth of his empathy, and I felt my own spill over, hot and uncontrollable, tracing paths down my cold, numb cheeks.
"What's worse is, since you've marked him, your body will no longer allow you to respond to Asher in a romantic way." The dam broke then, a tidal wave of grief washing over me, crashing down with overwhelming force. My body convulsed, wracked with silent sobs, the raw, guttural cries tearing from my chest, though no sound escaped my lips. My vision blurred, the world dissolving into a watery kaleidoscope of greens and blacks, a chaotic swirl of despair.