Just then. The light came.It was blinding, absolute, a radiance that erupted from somewhere deep within the bond between us. I felt it surge through the lines of power on my skin, through the frost in my core, through the beast that slumbered in my blood. The mountain responded, its eternal light flaring so bright that the shadows themselves seemed to burn away.I could not see. The light was too much, a wall of white that swallowed everything. I felt Aldric beneath me, felt her body arching, felt the power flowing between us like a river breaking its banks. But I could not see her. I could not see anything.Then, the light faded.I blinked, my vision clearing slowly. The chamber was still, the silk sheets shimmering with residual power. The air was warm, heavy with the scent of ozone and something else, something familiar.Aldric was gone.In her place, lying beneath me, was a man.He was tall, broad shouldered, his body carved from muscle and moonlight. His hair was dark, falling
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