“Well, we did it. We got our soul connection working like we connected our brains to the LAN. It’s a little rough, like not enough bandwidth, but I hope it’s gonna be enough.” Emilia looked at me, her piercing eyes like that of a 1920s Hollywood star, and her voice carried an electric energy. “To fight the Fevre Claw with you, I gotta push myself beyond what I ever thought possible. Ya reckon there’s a way to transform a mere human into a beast like yourself? Could a human ever fight as well as you?”
Her eyes seared through me like daggers. She had made the soul connection that saved me from a deadly curse, and I was in her debt forever.
I grimaced in pain, my side still throbbing despite the healing, as I tried to get up from the bed. After slipping on my slippers, I crept out onto the
