The pain vanished.
But the echo of it stayed.
I could still feel him.
Like a shadow behind my ribs.
The stranger stood ten paces away, staring at me with the same stunned intensity.
Caelum stepped between us again.
“What did you do?” he demanded.
The stranger’s eyes flicked to him lazily.
“You think I did that?”
The Veil trembled again, mist twisting violently around the ancient pillars.
I forced air back into my lungs.
“That connection,” I said. “Explain it.”
He looked at me like I’d asked the wrong question.
“You felt it too.”
“That wasn’t a question.”
His mouth curved slightly.
“Good.”
My patience snapped.
In one motion I pulled a blade from my thigh holster and threw it straight at his throat.
The dagger moved faster than sound.
He caught it.
Not with effort.
With
