Jeremy wouldn’t release me until my scars were totally gone. Then he came at me with the dreaded jar of hellfire. Of course, he called it by another name, but cream of hellfire seemed apropos. He had used it the day before, and it was like acid on my skin. Having the scars didn’t seem so importan...
He smiled, but it didn’t hold the same charm as it usually did. Things were starting to wear on him, and he wore the telltale signs like a badge.“Skylar,” Ethan cued me from behind him. When I lifted my shirt, Josh glanced. “She is bound to the gem. It will go away once the gem is destroyed,” he ...