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“And more, although going on is only making my blood boil.”
“I promise, no secret will ever be worth losing you.”
“Why should I believe you now?”
He paused before whispering softly, “Because I’m falling in love with you.”
The words hit her like a jagged rock. “Why would you say that?”
Soren’s sigh sounded like a heartache in the wind. “There’s a reason why talking about Eiliana isn’t as hard as I’d thought it’d be. I spent a century searching for a shred of hope in the form of my late wife’s spellbook, only to stumble upon somethingfar greater. You can pretend all you want, but this … us … we were meant to find each other. It’s not time that’s healed me, butyou.”
Thessa swallowed, unsure how to control the bile working its way up her throat.
He continued, “Except I’ve been lying to myself too, Thessa. I’ll curse myself for taking so long to see how muchyou mean to me—I’ll do anything.” Drifting his hand to her knee, he squeezed, sending a wave of heat through her.
She began shifting in her seat.
“Do not bolt out of here,” he pleaded.
If she could, she would … but something wasn’t right. She felttoohot. Holding out her trembling fingers, she muttered, “I don’t feel so good.”
In an instant, pain shuddered through her. She screamed as her torso flew back.Soren swore, managing to catch her head before it crashed to the floor. He pinned an arm across her chest, while ripping open his other.
Warm blood dribbled onto her parted lips.
“Drink, Thessa.”
One taste and she instinctively pulled him closer. A few gulps in and the heat subsided … then the pain … then the trembling. She closed her eyes, drinking him in.
Slurpy, breathy sounds escaped her.
You taste so good.
“I’m going to need you to think about anything else, please.”
It’s impossible to think of anything else. Stop listening to my thoughts.
“I don’t actively try but when you’re attached to me, it’simpossiblenot to hear.”
Teach me how to hear you. I can focus on that.
“Part of it is quieting your own thoughts. The other part is accessing your power and channeling it to whoyou'reconnected with.”
It wasn’t possible. The taste was too intoxicating. She moaned on his forearm.
Soren groaned, “Please, try harder.”
Thessa breathed through her nose, but slower. She reallytried this time. After a few rounds of controlled breathing, she felt her mind ease.
How do I channel my magic to you?
“You have to let me in.”
She tapped into her well of magic. A dark, depthless sea.
There’s nothing here but my magic. No doors. No windows.
“Focus.”