Linked by Blood and Bone
Then, mirroring Zeyric, he raised the vial and drank.
The reaction was instantaneous and brutal. It tasted like swallowing liquid copper and crushed mint; a blinding flash of white heat detonated behind his eyes, making him stumble sideways and catch himself heavily against the edge of the workbench. Zeyric instinctively lurched forward to steady him, their shoulders slamming together with a familiar, magnetic snap. For a terrifying second, the room spun in dizzying concentric circles, and then—with a heavy, metallic clunk—the chaotic, frantic static inside their heads quieted. The raw, bleeding nerve-endings of their shared consciousness smoothed over, sinking down into a deep, muffled hum