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Serin fell, a stabbing pain in the vicinity of her heart.
“Gia,” she cried, putting her hands on her chest instinctively to keep herself from bursting open.
“Serin!” Daniel’s arms hauled her up from the ground. Deep shudders racked her body, bone-deep jolts that made her entire body ache.
She cried out, her heart beat slowing in time with Gia’s. Serin could feel her sister’s essence being violently ripped away.
“No,” she moaned, cradling her knees.
Logan and Diana could feel it, too. They were screaming into the aether. Their voices drowned out Serin’s cries.
Cars honked, and she could hear someone asking if she needed a doctor. “No, she’s okay,” Daniel lied, pulling her in close as he hurried them down the sidewalk.
“What’s happening?” he asked, panic making his voice high and
