Leah Carter’s Point of View
The bond had been chosen.
Kael’s life force flowed into me like light poured from one heart to another. Energy surged through the connection between us, too strong, too wild. My body trembled; every nerve screamed. I tried to pull away, but golden light wrapped around our hands, binding us together.
“Kael, stop this!” I gasped.
He looked at me, his eyes dimming like fading fire. “I can’t. The bond… it’s balancing. Taking what it needs to save us both.”
“I don’t want this! Not if it means losing you!”
But it was too late. Fire raced through my veins, then cold, then heat again. My vision sharpened until I could see every crack in the stone, every flicker of dying torchlight. The fortress shook, dust raining down as Seraya’s distant voice echoed through the
