The ghastly wound healed before her very eyes.
The pained expression on Ethan Quinn's face also eased.
After a moment's thought, Amelia Finch placed the Spring Reviving Jade Skin Cream by his pillow. 'He might guess who sent it…'
'But my only reason for coming was to bring him the medicine.'
Amelia Finch sat quietly for a while longer before realizing with a jolt that she had stayed too long. She needed to hurry back to Mount Cinderwood.
Amelia Finch rose and listened for any movement outside. Hearing none, she prepared to slip away.
Suddenly, a hand seized her wrist.
It was icy cold and held her fast.
She couldn't break free.
Amelia Finch turned stiffly, her gaze meeting a pair of eyes that were at once familiar and strange.
She had seen those eyes every day before, but their warmth was gone. They once held only her, but now they were as cold as frost.
