9
BENJAMIN
"He's really okay? And awake?" I had heard the words fall from Asher's lips, but it was hard to believe them. Four days had passed with no news on Kurt's condition. "But I can't—" I snapped my mouth shut. Not that it did me any good. I'd already blabbed enough about my connection to Kurt.
"You can't sense him?" Jesse asked. So much for keeping my mouth shut.
"I can't."
Jesse's brow furrowed. "I wouldn't worry too much about it. Caspar spoke with Elder Talon, who said he's fine."
"When will he— Can I—" My mind was running ahead of my mouth. I wanted to know when he was going to be home. I wanted to know if I could go to him. But if he was far enough away that I couldn't sense him at all, he was surely too far for me to leave Evan for too long. I could take Evan with me, of
