Desire

Sophie's body convulsed once.

Unbelievable.

I scooped her up from where she was on the ground in a fraction of a second, my joy was quickly interrupted when her body started twitching in my arms, the streams of blood that were all over her had almost dried out already, but the holes over her breast were closing right in front of my eyes, like a lie.

Like a miracle.

She started quivering and jerking out in my lap like she was being hit by a continuous bolt of lightning, except that it wasn't possible while she was shielded by my red energy. She was safe from the angry storm above our heads.

but her face contorted, suffering— her eyes never once opened, they were squeezed shut.

The monsters around us formed a circle, and I instinctively knew what they were doing.