chapter 48

Marabella We are partway through a conversation when Jonah gets this glazed-over look like his mind went somewhere other than here. I watch him patiently, waiting for him to come back when suddenly all I see is blood coming from him. My heart plummets as it begins to spread all over the sofa. “Jonah!” I scream, freaking out instantly as I move over and grip his shoulders. I shake him but I get no response. Physically he is here, but his wide-open, vacant eyes tell me he is also elsewhere. “Jonah! What’s going on?” I shriek in a panic. What do I do?! I look around frantically, my heart thudding in my ears. I run toward the kitchen and grab some tea towels from the bottom drawer. Racing back to Jonah, his blood is running onto the tiled floor as it drips off the sofa. My foot skids in the blood and I drop to my knees next to him. “Jonah, can you hear me?” “Try to slow the bleeding. Why isn’t he healing?” Kora shrieks when pain radiates up my arms. Suddenly Kyan’s father’s voice whispers