Bane
The moment I burst through the door to the roof, the air hits me like a blow to the chest. Each breath feels as if it has been weighted down, making it damn near impossible to breathe. The bond.
It’s silent.
Not muted.
Not faint.
It's completely silent. A cold, hollow quiet that tells me everything before my eyes even registers the empty rooftop. She isn’t here. Vorian roars, the sound ripping through my mind so violently that the barrier between us fractures, allowing his fury to slam into me with a force that threatens to knock me to my knees.
Mine.
The single word reverberates through my skull, shaking loose whatever minute amount of control that I had left. A growl tears out of my chest before I can stop it. It vibrates through the tower stones, deep and threatening, a soun
