60| Wrong Place

"Shut up and come with me!"

Rain suddenly felt her body stiffen. "Jace?" she thought.

Jace removed his embrace from Rain's body and turned the girl to face him. "Did you forget where you belonged?"

Jace Dauntess stood tall before Rain with his skin covered in black runes. Rain felt something was different. She thought the runes were showing more and more than usual. Even half of Jace's face, which was previously clean, was now covered in runes.

"Is this just my feeling?"

"Yes, the runes on my body are increasing—resulting in me leaving the Darkwood forest and using excessive force. I should have used makeup as you taught me, not covered it with charms. Just so you know, if this rune fills every inch of the surface of my body, then I will forever manifest as a beast."

Rain gaped, and subconsciously she had her hand over her mouth. "Why do you do all that when you know the risks are so great?"

"I hunt with time. My choices are only two points: time is running out, and I die, or t