Cassian's POV
It was impossible to hear anything. It felt like hours as I knelt there, hands still spread to where Mira had gone.
The shadows swirled around me, mocking me with their emptiness. The link between my soul and hers was still there. But it was thin and tight, like it had been stretched over an impossible distance.
I put my hand on my chest and felt a faint beating that echoed through both my life and hers.
I told myself, "She's still alive. Somewhere."
But where? "But at what cost?"
Behind me, footsteps crunched through the inky mist. I didn’t turn. I already knew who it was.
Rosalie dropped to one knee beside me, her breathing ragged. She said nothing for a long time. Then softly, "Cassian... we need to move."
I shook my head. "I can’t leave her." "We’re n
