Chapter 0123

Malia

My heart is pumping. The adrenaline that’s coursing through my body had crept up like a slow burning fire. Igniting something deep within me. I felt powerful and all it took was Gem.

When I had found Gem, she was already trying to get inside a closet. Her words blur into one another as my own panic seeped in. Tears flooded her face quicker than she could wipe them away.

I did what Rafe as