Page 230 of Psycho Gods

“What are you three waiting for? Climb over.” I jumped as Malum’s voice crackled through the earpiece hanging around my neck.

“We’ll figure it out later—we just wanted you to know what we’ve found,” John said as he pulled the hood over his head. “It’s not a big deal, we don’t know anything for certain yet.”

Luka nodded as he mimicked his motion. “Don’t worry.”

Too late.

I was having a full-blown panic attack.

What was wrong with my soul? Was I soulless?

It would make sense.

The twins gestured to the wall, and with tingling limbs, I climbed over as they followed close behind.

“What took so long?” Scorpius snarled when I got to the other side.

I barely noticed the courtyard, festive lights, and tinkling bells.

I barely noticed the black corridors.

Ungodly screeched. Animals roared. Blood splattered.

Jinx yelled inside my head.

I was a visitor inside my own body, a soulless husk of bones that fought mindlessly. Perhaps that was all I’d ever been.

An ungodly shrieked in my face.

Malum shoved me aside and ripped its head off with his bare hands.

An infected stabbed an enchanted sword at me, and I dodged, then spun and gutted them. An ungodly ripped from their flesh, and I gutted them too.

Some infected shouted taunts, some fought silently, and others pleaded for mercy that was not mine to give.

The twins fought surrounded by dark shadows.

I grunted as an infected landed a punch to my stomach. Before I could retaliate, Scorpius viciously broke both his arms and legs.

Later, an infected male screamed something derogatory in my face. Luka grabbed his tongue, slicing it clean out of his mouth before gutting him.

I blinked.

A man got too close to me, and John stabbed him, then stomped on his face.

I blinked.

Orion cracked the neck of an infected who almost landed a blow on my arm.

I blinked.

Malum lit three infected on fire as they approached me.

I blinked.

Scorpius and John sliced the limbs off an infected whose sword lightly grazed the side of my leg.

I blinked.