••• Isabella’s POV ••• The first thing I thought of doing after I had my bearings back was to go to him and ask how he had been able to mindlink me, because I had never had anyone mindlink me after I came to this big city. My mind had been free of mindlinks for a few months now, and suddenly, he was able to? It was such a shock. I couldn’t even mindlink my own mom. How did he manage to? I changed course, wanting to go back to my office, stepping toward Ethan’s cubicle instead when I heard his voice through the mindlink again. “If you can hear me, mindlink me back, Bella.” I hesitated. If he was able to, of course, I didn’t have to try. I knew I could mindlink him back. But when I realized I was standing in the middle of the hallway, I turned back and backtracked to my original destin

