Chapter 31

There before me, seeing for the first time how I look when my eyes flash with a warning that I am on the verge of turning, I face two glowing orbs of the darkest blood red in place of where amber should be. They are almost satanic in their fire and sparkle, making me look insane or demonic. The shock and instant fear that cascades through my veins icily mute them back to natural green instantly. I fall back, eliciting a yelp as I’m gripped with a sense that something is really wrong with that. Red? What the hell? They’re not red. They can’t be. No one has red, never in all the times, notes, books, packs, clans, and history, of our kind. I’ve never heard of it, and I realize that the elders have forgotten about Colton pointing it out that day. It was never mentioned again. Maybe they thought he was mistaken, or they were so preoccupied with the fact he almost marked me right under their noses that was a far more pressing issue. I mean, it’s ludicrous. It’s not a thing; this is not a thi