The Curse Between Two Worlds
The Wicked roared in my skull, clawing at my mind.
Take him. Bind him. Kill him.
“STOP!” I shouted, voice splitting. “Charlie, stop—please—don’t—”
But he kept moving. Even as the ground cracked beneath me. Even as flames spiraled around my arms. Even as my veins darkened, crawling up my neck, reaching toward my face.
Even as the Wicked swelled within me, hungry, powerful, unstoppable. He reached me anyway. He grabbed my face between his shaking hands. And for a split second—just one, fragile heartbeat—the world went quiet.
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