Chapter 120

Pearl had a dream that night about someone she felt was extremely familiar, someone her heart recognized. Maybe this wasn't just a dream, perhaps this was the missing memory that Finn and Vergel were talking about when Ethan got kidnapped and she vanished into the mortal realm.

Pearl was gone. Beneath the earth, black eyes snapped open, burning with fury. The ground rolled slightly, sending an ominous ripple across the park’s surface. Then Ethan rose, bursting into the air, with soil spewing like a geyser all around him. He felt the curious, disorienting wrench, then the overwhelming sense of loss—the black stain spreading across his soul.

His breath was coming in painful, hard gusts. Red flames flickered and danced in his eyes. There was a pounding at his temples, and deep within him, the beast roared and raged, demanding to be unleashed.

Ethan tried to regain a semblance of self-control. Pearl didn’t understand his world or the necessity of death. In her world, she clun