Luna Rising
The bond flickered, and for a heartbeat, I felt him.
Pain. Darkness. Distance. Then nothing. My chest tightened.
It felt like he and Conn were barely hanging on, fighting a tear in their very soul as they clung to life. Like they were clinging to our bond just to stay alive.
“I’m here,” I said, louder now. “Duncan, I’m here.”
Behind me, I heard movement. The door opened, footsteps coming into the room.
“Seren—” Julian warned softly.
But I didn’t turn. Instead, I closed my eyes again, and I reached deep inside. With Lucian, the power awoke, an explosion outward, instinctive. This time, I called on it, connected to it the same way I do air or earth.