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Sonya carried my scent, so as I ran through the portal, the world around me distorting and dissolving to nothingāI searched for the familiar waft of her perfume intertwined with the essence of me.
Yet even as I let my lips shutter closed, all I could hear were my brother's accusations against me. My wanting a maggot.
The incessant ringing at the back of my head grew in its agonizing pitch. My mouth tasted of ash from my lies.
"You want her," Knox said, his voice a low rumble that reverberated through my skull. "Stop pretending you don't."
I pushed harder through the portal's membrane, focusing on Sonya's trails so I could find her. I needed anything except the image of Aurora's mismatched eyes watching me with that infuriating blend of wariness and curiosity.
"I want everyone," I shot back, the excuse tasting hollow even to me. "It's what I am. Lust doesn't discriminate."
"You never used to have vision before." He countered.Ā
