Chapter 56. Burden Begins

Everyone except Sue was gathered in Aria's room. They had varying reactions to the news about Sue.

Lev sighed, "So your sister was possessed?"

Jerry nodded.

Ares spoke, "I believe it was the demon Selena warned us about, our Burden."

Aria choked a sob; Ivy patted her back. Her eyes were dull, and she didn't react much. Her own sister was dead anyway; she didn't feel very empathetic.

"Why did she glitch, then?" Lev frowned.

Jerry suddenly remembered something. "She said I was a magic absorber. I was too freaked out to consider what she meant, but before that, she was grabbing my hand. I was so scared, then I felt like something was flowing into me... and that's when she started glitching."

"Absorber?" Lev's eyes widened in pleasant surprise. He caught Jerry's left hand.

"Hold my hand... do you feel anything? No?"

Jerry shook his head; he didn't feel that familiar rush.

Lev thought for a minute, then he held onto Jerry's hand