I hoped to Gaia that Scarlet didn't feel the overwhelming rush of emotions all day, every day. I wanted to rip my head off and throw it in the ocean, I had so much information running around in my head. And most of it wasn't even mine.
I reached out, patted her hand. I could feel her fear battering at me. She was terrified that Asher was actually crazy. That she'd begun falling for a man who couldn't be trusted. That she'd linked herself to a group of psychopaths and crazies.
"I healed Scarlet today. And when I did, my rune showed back up. Atlas has pictures if anyone is interested in seeing what it actually looks like. I think my power partially turned her. Which resulted in the injury she received. I also think my ascension might have amped up everyone else."