Maria.
The heavy, suffocating fog in my head was slowly clearing, replaced by a warm, golden pulse of energy throbbing softly at the side of my neck.
My mind felt completely different—sturdier, anchored, and deeply connected to the four powerful presences hovering over my bed. The agonizing, tearing sensation that had been eating away at my chest before I fainted was completely gone and…the bond was whole and sealed.
I looked up into Damien's dark, tear-stained eyes, feeling the raw relief and intense love radiating off him through our fresh spiritual link.
I knew why he did it, and strangely I could feel how close I had come to slipping away entirely but despite the soothing warmth flooding my veins, a sudden, sharp coldness gripped my chest the moment I remembered how this whole nightmare started.
"Where..." I croaked out, my voice raspy and barely a whisper as I forced myself to swallow past my dry throat. "Where is Noah?"
The atmosphere in the room shifted instantly.
