The moment we crossed into the trees, the pull locked in.
Air rushed from my lungs as it tore through me, flooding every space until nothing remained to brace against. My steps changed direction on their own, dragging me forward with brutal certainty, like the path had been waiting for me all along.
This is right.
The thought settled into my mind before I could question it.
“Aiden—what are you doing?”
Kael’s voice reached me through the haze curling around my head.
I tried to answer, but my throat locked.
Inside, I reached for Anita.
Silence answered.
The space where she should have been stretched wide, and the pull flooded into it, swallowing every solid piece of myself.
I turned too fast.
Kael stepped in front of me, his eyes fixed on mine, catching something in my expression
