She felt when his heart stopped. It was easy considering how much of her hands were practically inside of him.
"Do you feel it, miko? The anger, sorrow, desperation - is it torturing your soul?"
She could. It felt like it was eating her alive."I wonder... will your soul be as dark as my own?"
It would be so easy to let it. So easy to fall over the edge.
Black boots entered her line of vision, and something inside her willed her to look up. Gold met blue, and if she wasn't about to fall apart, she would have marveled at the sympathy in his gaze.