XENIA
I knew what I saw. What I heard. Every unnatural bit of it was real.
I’d definitely heard flesh searing, burning like it was being ignited by hot coal, and then I’d seen something that bore a striking resemblance with flames spread across Matteo’s face before he tossed me aside and practically ran off.
The way his pain contorted into pain was a mystery just as well, one that betrayed the high and mighty act he put all on school grounds. He acted like he was beyond every possible emotion, especially pain and discomfort that he belittled others for being weak enough to experience.
I had no idea what to make of the entire thing, it was strange and eye-opening, yet it left me with so many questions that I was certain I’d never get answers to.
Knowing that, I decided to get rid of th
