Helanie:
I panicked and started digging into the leaves, and there she was, lying there, blue, as if all the blood had been drained out of her body.
"Whoops! Am I supposed to apologize on their behalf? How was I supposed to know she was your friend?" Rune kept taunting and mocking while I began to shudder. I was on my knees, my heart crashing in my chest like thunder.
"No, no, no," I whispered, pulling the leaves away with shaking hands until I saw her face cold, still, and too quiet. She wasn't smiling or talking anymore. Those beautiful eyes she rolled whenever someone teased her. Those lips that said sweet things whenever I was down. And that smile she had carried ever since she found her mate in Gavin. It was all gone.
My breath caught. I grabbed her shoulders, shaking her gently, then harder.
"Wake up. Please wake up, Salem! We can fight him. We'll take down all the Zharns together, what have they done to you?" I begged, tears spilling down my cheeks.
