Chapter 24. The Demons Between Us

I exhaled and inhaled, then exhaled again. I don’t want to believe it, but his eyes were serious when he muttered those words. All I could ask is, “Why?”

He met my unblinking gaze. “Because of my demons, Cassidy. I can’t control it—I’ll never be able to, that’s why I hurt myself to stop them.”

“And it happens during dawn?”

“Yes, the intensity depends on the day. Today is lethal.”

“How do you know?”

“Sometimes, I just went out to the woods to hunt and kill animals and act like a rogue. But today was something. I could kill anybody in my sight. I was afraid I could kill someone… innocent in the wild or I could meet a human, so I stayed inside. Elliot helped me.” Zarion looks at Elliot who was leaning on the door. His white gloves were packed with his blood and I tried to sniff the tangy smell away. But it won’t, proving the conclusion that, despite all I’ve witnessed since the day Zarion rescued me from the cold and brought me to Brandon’s pack, I a