I walked in silence as the army continued forth. We were getting close now. The very air felt different. War, I could taste it. Nicon was flying far away from me. I didn't like that. I wanted her by my side so I could focus. Instead that fiancee of hers flew beside her.
"You're jealous."
The blood in my veins turned to ice. She of all people had no right to say such things. I had never leashed her again after the incident with the fairies. "Be quiet."
"You never would have said that to me before," she paused and her eyes met mine, "Simon."
My heart thumped. They were still her lips and her voice. I would flay the imps for causing me to have these feelings. "Don't call me that, you're not her."
She looked out over the army that stretched around us. "What really makes someone? I have
