Taegan POV
I knew when Rian walked in, he was going to misunderstand. I knew, but I couldn’t make my damn body work fast enough to get up off this f*****g floor. I pushed all the energy I had recovered into stopping Rosie from tearing into him or the woman he brought with him out of jealousy.
Conri was right. My magic was depleted in my efforts to find out who it was that attached itself to my childhood friend. I looked and looked and looked. I traveled down that blackened string until my magic started to slip and I couldn’t go any further.
I was shoved back, snapping like an elastic band being broken when my magic waned, forcing me out. I couldn’t even move for the longest time, but having Rosie in my lap helped. Touching her helped, like it once did when we were kids.
I now know wh
