Noctisardor Bypass YOU'RE FIT TO LEARN THE MEANING OF A BEATDOWN, MADNESS, CHAOS IN THE BRAIN

Wren was speaking; Arric was here, snapping; Mae heard none of it, nothing, nothing beyond that high keening sound and she was so
cold —

and it hurt to breath it hurt to think it was too much and she couldn't she couldn't she
couldn't

Breathe. Him, the man, that voice again — no — no no no

No, Her voice broke. Nononono - And she started to stumble back, unseeing. Where was she? Where was Wren? Arric?

She saw the man.

And she ran.