Chapter Four
“Resilience. That is my superpower. Sure, wielding the power of the high fae is nice, but that isn’t what has given me the edge through thousands of years and countless battles. Rather, it’s my ability to bear every scar, every wound, every loss. I’ve used them as fuel, motivation to do what needs to be done. Until now. The thing festering in me now cannot be turned to good. It’s using me, dragging me into a hole that is only getting deeper.” ~Peri
Peri could feel his eyes on her. He’d always watched her closely, but the past few months he’d been relentless. Peri felt like a specimen under a microscope that he couldn’t figure out. It seemed he thought her a virus that needed to be neutralized, but he couldn’t yet find the medicine to do it. She could feel his worry through t
