CHAPTER 31

While I take in the deep, ragged claw lines severing Jade's pale honey skin, my voice is so low it's nearly a whisper.

He gives me a quick glance, but I can't take my eyes off his ripped and bleeding skin.

"After I got Finn into his office, I had to go back to being human."

I have to work hard to slow down my breathing since it's too rapid. "Why?"

It's a strange phenomenon, but hands are useful for closing doors.

I look up from his back to meet his eyes, drawn by the dark humour in his voice. I observe him for a moment, then I'm not sure what else I want to do. Tell him to get over his foolishness of putting himself in danger by moving into a potentially fatal situation. for myself.

Maybe give him a kiss. for the identical cause.

Either that or approach Finn's office and hurl a chair in his direction.

That is not what I do. I turn and move towards the first aid box that Dan had been searching in before applying a bandage to my wrist.

God, it seems like it was thousands of years ago al