chapter 72

LYNEXIA

Shivers of fear still ripple through me hours after I found the dead bodies. Their gaping throats, their dead empty eyes, and their pale blue skin replay in my brain like a neverending loop.

Not only I am in a state of disorientation and utter disarray, but Seraphina won't leave me alone. She makes me narrate how it happened and how I came across the dead bodies as if she is trying to drive me crazy which is working. The more I narrate the incident, the more the dead bodies gnaw at me.

"So what happened next?" She asks.

I swallow against the wave of nausea threatening to drown me. "When I reached out to her, she disappeared into the thin air—." My voice snaps at the end as I glare across the room at Seraphina.

She doesn't seem fazed. "So?" She gestures towards me.

A frustrated sigh escapes my mouth. *What are you trying to prove? I have fucking told you this story three fucking times? What else did you want?"

She sighs as if she can't even fake to care about