20DarknessBilly dropped his hand. I can’t do it!
It wasn’t just the sound of Tazia’s physical pain that stopped him, he could hear her very soul screaming.
The material of her top had burned away, flesh melting under his touch, and the smooth surface of her rib bones had made contact with his hand. In the air, the acrid scent of smoldering cloth mixed with the stink of scorched flesh. The hot copper tang of her blood tingled on his tongue.
As he let her go, Tazia’s legs buckled. He reached forward to catch her—
A surge of dazzling white light exploded in front of him. The force of it swept him up and propelled him across the room. He hit the wall opposite where Soren still lay, and slid down to the ground, dazed. What the hell?
Blinded by the light, Billy heard his assailant screech,
