I stood beside the window and watched Orion’s truck drive down the road until I could no longer see it. My mind was still overwhelmed by everything that had happened between us that afternoon. How could it be possible that we had remained connected for all those years? A small piece of our bond had stayed between us despite the distance and the passing years. Was that the reason I couldn’t completely hate him when I first saw him again? Maybe it was. As a human, there were many things I didn’t understand about something that was basically magic. “Are you okay?” Kael asked. Pulled out of my thoughts, I turned to look at him. “Yeah, I’m okay. Why?” “You’ve been standing there staring out the window for a long time.” “I’m going to my room. I need to call Stormy,” I said. Right now, she

