Aria
Cassian is upright beside me before I fully catch my breath. “Aria.”
The chamber doors burst open. Kaelith enters first, with Lucien only a step behind him. Eryndor follows, half dressed and looking thoroughly irritated at being awake until his eyes find me. The irritation disappears.
Darius enters last.
For a moment, I can only look at them.
Cassian is already reaching for me. Kaelith crosses the room as though nothing could stop him. Lucien watches my face, searching for an explanation I haven’t given yet. Eryndor’s usual humor is gone.
Then my eyes find Darius.
He doesn’t look at me like a prophecy or the center of some impossible bond. He looks at me the way he always has.
Like Aria.
Kaelith stops beside the bed, fire flickering beneath his skin. “What happened?”
My thro
