Being able to talk face-to-face with Alaric, that 'crazy' part of me, the one that acted like a psychopath every time he appeared before me when I was completely unaware of anything, was strange.
I had been scared of him since the day he first appeared before me, after all. He was a terrifying presence to me, an evil parasite living inside me.
That's why it wasn't easy for me to accept that he and the real Aiden were working together, that he wasn't actually my 'crazy side' but someone else, in reality much crazier, who carried a part of me.
Ever since I woke up from my coma, I kept thinking about how much stranger things would get when he showed up and started teaching me caora.
I thought I had prepared myself a little.
...
Well.
I was wrong.
Because I can feel it.
How my body trembles, how my thoughts feel like they're about to scatter at any moment, no matter how hard I try to hold them together, the disgust and fear I feel toward the presence in front of me...
