Chapter 13

Karsa stopped in his tracks and stared only at Eden’s face. When Eden painted in his room, he’d looked as if he would bite off his own tongue and kill himself at any moment… Karsa’s stomach began to twist at a look he’d never seen from him. It was like the feeling that had boiled up in him right before he slaughtered a deer. “Eden.” He felt an urge to snap Eden’s neck right then and there. When Karsa’s voice suddenly called him, Eden’s brush dragged a long green streak across the canvas before falling to the floor. Eden couldn’t even think of picking it up. He just stared at Karsa’s face. Karsa’s expression as he came steadily closer looked