Turning around to look at Horaz, a sheen of sweat was on his forehead. She intended to wipe it when she suddenly noticed a patch of skin peeking behind his ears. Horaz hair had grown long enough, which she had told him that it was becoming of him despite him cutting it in different styles that were popular for men for so long.
Touching the patch of skin made Perri pull herself up. The patch of skin burnt as if forming into a scale.
She looked at Horaz with inquiring eyes but found him looking back at her with a sheepish smile.
Something in her turned pale. The color of the skin was the same kind as the ones from the creature. No words could escape her as she felt herself crumble. Biting, her lips, ready to cry.
She felt his arms wrap around her and say, “Don’t... I’m not worried, and so should you.”
“Ho—how can I not be worried??” Her voice was in an angry whisper.
“So far, that’s the onl
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