"If the souls I devoured remain in my body, then I'd only know if I were reconnected to my bo—!"
She cut herself off abruptly, her expression shifting as she realized her slip.
Noticing this, Jamie's eyes narrowed.
Seeing this subtle change in his expression, fear flickered across her face for the first time as she stepped back, clutching her heart protectively.
"NO! DON'T. EVEN. THINK. ABOUT. IT."
She could already see the thought forming in Jamie's mind—the idea of reconnecting her soul to her body.
'For him to even consider it, it must mean my body is intact enough to house my soul.'
But for someone who desperately wanted to stay DEAD, such an idea was nothing short of a nightmare.
Seeing her reaction, Jamie recalled her words from when they had left the first chamber of this dimensional realm—the place where he had first found her.
She had said that she wanted to die.
