Chapter 213 — Under. My. Fucking. Feet!

I blinked once.

Twice.

Like my eyelids had any business with my two ears. Like shutting out the image of the person standing before me by blinking, even if just for a second, would make me unhear the words I just heard.

It didn't.

Instead, the words echoed over and over again, like a broken loop, like some sort of curse devoted to sucking the very life out of me.

My throat ran dry, my eyes blinking more and more as if they had lost control. I ...