Chapter 23

• “Are you okay?” Dami turned to me with wide eyes while Aysel smacked Thomas. My mate narrowed his gaze and everyone crowded around me as if I was the one who glided into the dining hall.
• “N – No, I am not – I am not okay.” I wanted to scream but a bit of numbness spread over me, holding my tongue. I touched my tightened throat as a sudden chill hit my core. My breath hitched when Thomas – the floater – came closer to peer at me. I grabbed the first solid thing I could reach and it ended up being my mate’s thigh.
• “All of you, back off.” I heard Valens’ low growl from a distant part of my mind. It made me flinch and the numbness spreading through me stopped.