29 The ground was hard, but Serin didn’t care. She could sense it still held some life, and that was all that mattered. She cracked her eyelids apart a fraction. Daniel’s concerned face hovered over her. Logan was bending over her, too. “When did you get here?” It was meant to be a normal question voiced in a normal tone, but it came out in a thin raspy whisper. Her lips cracked in the process, bleeding into her mouth. “I got here just before you and Di blew that s**t to kingdom come,” Logan said, her animated face glowing. Connell, Logan’s mate, appeared next to her. He was pale as a sheet. Serin guessed he had just realized how close the island had come to becoming a giant fireball. “We were close by in Florida,” Logan said. “I could feel you and Diana—the power you were pulling on

