Aiden's POV
I came back to my body with a jolt. A wave of nausea hit me immediately — I could tell Ethan felt it too. The aftereffects of astral projection into a spirit realm. We had woken up in the hallway; someone must have moved us while we were under.
We made our way back to our mate's room. The door was open, and what we saw stopped us both cold. The room was charred. Every surface scorched. And she wasn't in the bed.
Ethan and I looked at each other and moved at the same time.
Our mother was coming down the hallway.
"Where is she?" we both said.
"Another room," Mom said. "When she caught fire in the spirit realm, her body ignited here as well. She isn't hurt — we knew it wouldn't harm her. Serene managed to contain it to that room, and she has since placed a charm on a new one
