It was like being flung bodily into the face of Lumithia at full Ascendance, a cold searing burn that etched itself into her teeth and bones.
She tried to ignore it. Pull. She had no idea how to do that. Healing, when it required the use of vitality, worked in the opposite direction, pushing in, giving, but she knew what it felt like when Ferron did it, so she tried to imitate the feeling.
She reached with her resonance towards the overwhelming burn and tried to tug at it. It prompted an instant recoil.
Her resonance rebounded like a rubber band snapping her fingertips. An odd look of amusement flickered on Kaine’s face as she let go.
She swallowed, blinking hard. “But if that’s—if that’s true, then why did my mother die? If I didn’t take it?”
He exhaled. “My father sought treatment f
