"They're not breathing."
"Check the bond. Is it still active?"
"Barely. It's like a thread about to snap."
Voices. Familiar voices. But distant, like hearing through water.
Elaria tried to open her eyes but couldn't. Her body felt like lead. Beside her or was she beside herself? she felt Draven equally trapped in unconsciousness.
No. Not beside her. With her. In her. They were still merged.
We need to separate, she thought. Or was it him thinking? She couldn't tell anymore.
Don't know how, came the response. Can't remember where you end and I begin.
That was a problem. A big problem. If they couldn't separate their consciousnesses, they'd be trapped like this forever. One person in two bodies, neither fully themselves.
Through the merged consciousness, Elaria felt Amariel's healin
