𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞
Her words made no sense, scrambled in the chaos that the experience had left my mind in. They tangled with the echoes still reverberating in my head, Landon's words and my mother's voice all twisted together.
In that moment, comprehension was the last thing I could manage, and it didn't help that her presence made my stomach churn with unease.
My legs moved before my mind could catch up, retreating slowly while still keeping my eyes on her.
I could tell she was blind, yet why did it feel like she wasn't just seeing me but seeing through me? Though her expression was inscrutable, I could feel her assessing gaze as though she was unraveling me with something more than eyes.
Bile raced up my throat as I took another step back, the stars above gleaming and casting her with an eerie light.
I swallowed as I created more distance, my legs still unsteady.
