Chapter 98: Feel Me

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I watched the scene as if from a very great distance. I felt nothing. I thought nothing.

I watched Mrs. Carr turn away from Miri.

Watched Mr. Carr call out to her, reach for her.

Saw the demons who crouched around Mrs. Carr, hungry for her spirit - a rare treat, a delicacy in the extreme. I saw Eleon, Taige and the other vamp-kids huddled by one of the windows. Heard Eleon tell them he would have some fun.

Part of me knew, on some level, that Miri’s heart was being torn from her body and ripped into a zillion pieces. I knew it, but I couldn’t rally the appropriate response. It was like the pain had become so great, the sorrow so deep that it was either lose myself in it or…Not.

I chose not.

I pulled away from Michael. Cloaked myself in impenetrable cold. Removed myself from caring.