“Kael if you can hear me… fight him.”
His black eyes remained on mine.
For one terrorising moment nothing happened.
Then his mouth contorted.
“Fight who?
I just quit.
It was Kael's voice.
But something beneath it wasn't.
I took a careful step back.
“’Within you.’”
He nodded his head.
There is no thing inside of me.
The Warden moved forward, suddenly.
"That’s not Kael.”
Kael's eyes snapped to him.
You've always been afraid of me."
The Warden halted.
I had never seen the ancient consciousness falter before.
What have you done to him? I enquired.
Kael turned to look at me.
“Nothing.”
He put his hand to his chest.
At last it returned to him.
My stomach clenched.
“What do you mean—remembered what?”
His face relaxed.
“You.”
The word gave me the creeps.
“What about me?
