Chapter 161

Sasha went over to her, gathered her up in his arms to still her, but it was obvious she would not be consoled, burying herself in the crook of Sasha’s arm when he tried to walk back over to Nathan. She paused in her frantic noises only long enough to touch her tiny human hands to Sasha’s face, pleading in some way, before hissing again at Nathan and curling into a tight ball of fluff in Sasha’s arms.

It was simple, silly even, but it was enough to make everything clear, stopping Jim’s thoughts in their tracks. He looked at Nathan with a calculating stare, a request in his eyes for answers, for an explanation for Wally’s behavior, though of course he already knew. Malak had infected Nathan again, but so much more so, deep and penetrating to the core—and there was nothing good about that.