Lara stared at the tangerine soul stone. It looked as if it had gathered thick cream inside it. Her brows furrowed asMarcus got up and sat beside her. She also  got up with the stone in her hand.

"This is weird..." she said, feeling confused.

"But are you feeling okay?"Marcus cupped her cheeks in his palms and studied her.

"I am... fine," she replied, looking blankly at him. She wasn't feeling anything out of the ordinary.

He touched her forehead, her neck and then brought his hand to feel her heartbeat, as if to check if she had a fever, but everything appeared normal. "You must eat some food," he...