Chapter 121

I stared at them for what felt like hours, though we only had seconds together. Onyx eyes filled with worry, voices thick and raspy with emotion. Neither looked sickly or sleep-deprived. If anything, they seemed... bigger? There wasn't time to analyze what had changed, but I swore their muscles were more defined, hardened by the bloodthirsty determination in their eyes. Once I was sure I wasn’t hallucinating from the disgusting cake Zack had given me, my eyes flitted across the small room. Kat and Zack stood against the wall, engaged in a quiet and rushed conversation. Zack’s eyebrows were knit together, and the sight of some kind of emotion on his face made my chest flutter.