(Nisha)
My lips formed a thin line. How much more did she know that I didn't let on?
I jutted my chin out and crossed my arms. I refused to speak until I could think of something slightly coherent. All I could do was attempt to hide my shock well.
She offered a soft whisper of a smile, and he went back to gazing at the stone marker. "I would have tried on others first, but we didn't have time,” Soleil went on with her story. ”She was too young to d.ie, about your age when you were turned." Her shoulders sagged a bit. "And the ingredients were hard to come by." She closed her eyes. "She was d.ead before I knew what went wrong, I held her cold body to me and stayed here for days."
She wiped at a tear. I was unsure if I had ever seen her cry, and I didn’t know how to react. She stood str
