Chapter 7

• The door shut behind him and Kiara collapsed on the bed, catching her breath. All those while she stood toe to toe with Devon caught up with her fast because she had overexerted her struggling body.
• Her body felt stiff and her throat was dry and burning up – it was the wolfsbane – reaching out, she tried to touch her neck and massage it, but her fingers caught on the locket she took from her mother’s corpse and her body momentarily shut down.
• She ran her fingers on it before she raised it to her face and her parents’ faces came to view. Tears formed and pulled in her eyes at the sight, and she immediately threw her head back to wedge the tears from falling.