C73 Ticking Clock

ASHER

"You!!! Aren't you a twin? The twin to a hybrid," she says, pointing her finger at me.

"You know him, granny?" Hickey asks her grandmother, who has now detached completely from the big and walks towards me.

"My child," she says out loud as she reaches out to feel my cheeks. I withdraw away from her, leaning backwards a little. "It's okay, Asher, let her touch you,"

Derek's friend