Sterling. "Get her inside and find a med
ting Brynlee's weight as they disap
empty except for
d shoulders of Apollo's custom suit. He
nt shadow over his face made him look l
the terrace's decorative wading pool, staring blankly at
word of that police report to the press," he hissed through
arp laugh. The sound was
this disgusting circle of people," Erna said, her vo
r eyes pierced straight th
needed him to survive. How dare she look at
nd shot out. His large fingers clamped vio
ic, pulling it tigh
ed, her hands flying up to claw at his wrist,
an to form on the pa
ace. Suddenly, without warning, a frag
ing, her eyes full of soft light, her
ugh Apollo's temples. It felt like a s
e muscle spasm in his arm caused his gr
she dug her fingernails deeply into the sensitive skin of his wrist, drawing blood, while simulta
d the crushing weight on his foot breaking his focus. His refle
e threw Erna ent
ipped backward, her body flipping over t
la
The icy shock paralyzed her lungs. W
cracked sickeningly against the hard
er vision blurred. A dark ribbon of red blood immediat
ressed the heel of his hand hard against h
ning the surface. His twisted logic told him this was just a
her bleeding in
spat, his voice devoi
's ears. It was the final spark that ignited the absol
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