IAN WATCHED THE STRUGGLE in Paige's bedroom from the Other Side. Every part of him tensed as he hovered in the gray mist, looking on helplessly.
A bitter laugh escaped him. Could purgatory be any worse than this? Being banned to the Other Side, having all powers stripped from him, being without the woman he loved, watching on in fear as she struggled in the darkness with the man sitting on top of her, trying to take possession of the gun.
Physically Ian knew he could do nothing for Paige, but with his mind and his heart, he sent her all the strength and courage he could, hoping she would triumph over the monster who wanted her dead.
The instant the gun went off, the sharp sound echoed in the darkness and penetrated straight through Ian's mind. It mirrored the night five years ago when a
