Ivy crosses her arms. “I’m stronger than I look. Where is it?”

Winter can’t hear him over her racing thoughts, her eyes are wide and brimming with tears, and she’s hyperventilating. “No no no no no,” she chants to herself. Her trance is broken a moment after Kerian comes to her room. She turns her head away, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. “The hell do you want?” She mutters, tear stains still on her face.