“Azarah, look at me.” I slowly looked up at him, into those shimmering odd eyes.
“Are you with me? Are you here right now?”
I almost didn’t nod but I managed it.
“Yeah, I’m here. I’m with you.” I said.
In all of this commotion I’d forgotten about Mont, he had been shooting, but the shooting had stopped long before the Xerclan had left. I suddenly pushed Adontis off of me and went running around the side of the house. I heard him calling after me.
“Wait! Where are you going?”
I saw shotgun shells on the ground as I got closer to the front of the house.
I slid a little as I stopped running. Mont was lying on his side in the snow, I couldn’t tell if he was breathing or not. I tucked my guns into the sides of my pants and dropped down to my knees in front of him. His back was fac
