Chapter 104 A Deal With The Devil

• "You have to move away from this, Isabella.” Long after Luke had said them, his words broke the stillness and echoed in my head. Though his voice was cool, it was clearly urgent, as if the second was thickening the air between us and smothering us both. Every instinct screaming to leave, I could feel my pulse hammering in my ears, yet something tied me to the ground.
• Turning to face him, I looked for a glimpse of the man I believed I knew. All I observed, though, was a stranger—distanced, guarded, and holding something back. anything harmful.
• "You are not understanding." This is not only about us now, he said, his slow, deliberate sentences as if he were selecting each one precisely. "That is not the scale of it. And all is lost if we delay now.