It was as if the magic that bound her and Castian felt a threat and was now reacting to it, reminding their bodies of the link, fighting to make them seal the spell by claiming each other.
If the pain before had been a seven, it was now a ten.
Castian grunted, and Chrystal did not dare to steal a glance at him.
He fell to his knees as she trembled, still on her feet. She felt his pain; it hit her like a punch in the gut.
She turned to him, her eyes widening. His eyes were closed, but his hands were shaking, his jaw clenched.
She could feel him screaming.
Why is he reacting like this? She thought as she stared. At no point, since their union, had Castian looked, nor felt, like this.
Before, it had seemed as if he could not feel the bond as badly as she could. Now, it was like they h
