The chamber was still.
Long after I had stopped crying, Kael's arms remained encircling me. Although the cave was chilly, neither fire nor fur could make it any warmer.
It was the kind of cold that made you feel like you were going to die when you realized something had changed for good.
Kael pressed a kiss to my temple. “You’re shaking.”
"I saw too much," I said softly.
He nodded, but his countenance was hard to decipher. As though he’d seen it too. Or worse—felt it.
"I don't know what's real anymore," I said.
He pulled back a little and looked me in the eye. “Then we make it real. Right here. Right now. Me and you.”
But even as he said it, the bond flickered.
A crackle.
A current.
And then—two pulses from my womb. Distinct. Sharp.
The twins.
Awake.
Later, I was alone in th
