SKYE POV - CHAPTER 74
I felt it the moment I reached for her.
There was no warning, no gradual shift that I could track or question, just a sudden resistance through the bond that shouldn’t have been there, something sharp enough to stop me mid-step as if I had walked straight into something solid and unseen.
It didn’t feel like Iris.
That was the first thing that settled, clear and immediate, cutting through instinct before thought had time to catch up, because I knew her well enough to recognize the difference without needing to analyze it. The connection between us had always been steady, responsive in a way that never required effort, but this—
This answered differently.
It didn’t pull back.
It pushed.
I turned without hesitation, already closing the distance between us as the
