What?” She couldn’t even open her eyes—how was she supposed to take care of herself? “Don’t go,” she begged, fumbling to find him.
“I’ve been here too long as it is. If you don’t make it back in a few days, I’ll try to figure something else out, but I can’t make any promises.”
Tears pricked her eyes. “Please don’t leave me,” she begged, reaching out
for him and finding only air.
He was gone.
Too weak and scared to move, she curled closer to Dex and cried harder than she’d ever cried before.
After a minute she felt a warm tingle in her mind—almost like a caress. Suddenly she was five years old again—before her telepathy manifested and her life changed forever. When she was just a happy, normal girl. She wrapped her mind around the feeling, clinging to the warmth and safety until her w
