Four bodies floated five inches above the floor, four bodies hanging limp in the air. At my sides, Niko and August both took turns letting out sharp strings of curses. And within a few distances before me, Sara and Lieutenant Catalina laid unconscious, their chests barely rising and falling that it was getting hard to tell if they still lived or not.
At the pits of my stomach, it felt as if a blizzard was howling, cold and unrelenting. I felt like I was drifting away from my body, but at the same time feeling everything and being everywhere at once.
Finally, it seemed that Erilyn had returned to her senses, as if she'd accepted that the image in front of her was that of reality and not a mirage nor was it an illusion. Ren, the man she loved, had fallen victim to Ines' blood-wielding.
My sister gathered herself, turning violently to Ines' direction. Her expression was a rage unlike any other I'd seen before. "You bitch!"
