Chapter 68

Iris

There’s a strange silence after the fight. Not the kind that brings peace, but the kind that leaves everything suspended, like the air itself is waiting to see what I do next.

Zane stands near me, still bare-chested and streaked with blood. Even in human form, his knuckles are torn from fighting with Trenton. His chest rises and falls with ragged breaths. I should tell him to rest, but the tr