Xlynor's POV. My eyes were closed as I felt a strange sensation wash over me. It was like my molecules were being rearranged… like I was being pulled apart and put back together again. My stomach dropped, and I felt weightless for a split second. My eyes finally snapped open as I scanned around in a bid to understand where I was. There were trees, towering above me, their branches like skeletal fingers reaching for the sky. I stumbled forward, disoriented. What had happened moments ago? Ethyren possessed me in broad daylight without my consent? Such a thing had never happened in all twenty-eight years of my life. Wait. I inhaled. I could smell the silver-haired; she had definitely been here minutes ago. I paused. Did Ethyren bring me here because of her? Did he think I had any intent

