Chapter 41 Marked

• What had been meant to be a light shove results in Darian being thrown across the room and he crashes into the wall.
• An image flashes through my mind, haunting me momentarily at the sight of Darian and the dent in the wall, and I shove it down, deep down, where the rest of my fears lay in deep slumber.
• Breath hitching and eyes widening with horror, I shoot to my feet, hands covering my lips. "Oh my, are you alright, Dar?!"