Chapter 87

"I don't believe it," she mumbles, her eyes still wide as she takes in her hand. "This is not good." I roll over, kneeling in front of her as she continues to just stare down at her hand. "For fuck's sake, Carina, what is that!" "...Danté." The blood rushes from my face and I start to feel lightheaded again. I look at the bite again and then back to Carina's bloody fingers. "No..." I don't know what else to say. What can I say? "Carina, please don't tell me he was-" "Yes," she cuts me off, biting her lip nervously. "He was waiting for me before I passed through to the Moon Goddess, he was there. I smelled him, he stunk of dead flesh and ash. Goddess, Danyal, it was terrifying." She cries out loud and quickly pull her to me. Her honey and cinnamon scent calm me and I take a deep breath, remembering the way it makes my nose tingle.  "Danyal," her voice is heavy with emotion, "what happened to you?