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And once we’re done, Kane carries me back up to the house, to which Chekiss excuses himself to visit Niles, catching the hint. Kane dries me off, lays me in bed, and buries himself inside me again. This goes on for hours. He makes me laugh as he explains that he’s trying to be thorough, coming in me as many times as it takes to put a baby there. After a while, and after he makes me breakfast, we fall back asleep in each other’s arms. I dream of Ambrose Oasis, of the treehouse, of running through the forest with Dessin.
The sunset blasts amber light through the window, gleaming through the Red Oak leaves outside. I stir awake with a nudging of the void grating against my mind, my happy thoughts.
Ignoring it, I curl against Kane’s chest, cherishing the rhythm of his heavy breath. Feeling eternal love and the yearning to see his eyes open. I kiss up the center of his sternum, his throat, his hard jawline.
“We slept all day,” I purr against his lips. “Let’s make dinner, then go back to sleep.”
He smells so good. The spicy cedar and forest. I nuzzle my nose against the prickly facial hair below his cheekbones. I missed touching him. Missed getting to express how much I love him. How long has it been since they fucked up his head? I exhale, kissing his plush lips again.
Though, he doesn’t react. Doesn’t show any sign of rousing awake.
“Kane?” I bite at his neck playfully, then tickle his ribs because I know how that always gets him to snicker.
Not even a smile.
I press harder.
Nothing.
“Kane?!”
“I’ll never forgive myself for this part.”
The void projects a tall, familiar figure in the doorway. I jump to sit up straight, protecting Kane’s sleeping body with my arms over him.
“Who’s there?”
Kaspias Valdawell moves toward me, wearing an expression that makes my stomach shrivel up in fear.
“They told me to do it, Skylenna,” he says like it’s an apology.
“Do what?!”
My heartbeat rattles in my throat. It swells against my lungs, causing me to huff hysterically.
“Kane…my brother…he isn’t going to wake up.”
I stop breathing.
“I gave him an injection before we started that altered round of Mind Phantoms.”
“SPEAK. FASTER.”
“This injection was a Mazonist fail-safe. An untested experiment to ensure that you two would never be together again… It—” he exhales, shaking his head—“it sends him into a coma the day you two become intimate again.”
My blood turns to acid as every atom in my body grows ice cold. I glare at him, then look down to Kane’s sleeping body. No. NO!
“How do I fix it?!”
“I’m so sorry, Skylenna.” He looks down at his brother in anguish. Regret. Remorse.
“TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT!”
“I wish I knew.”
I’m standing on the bed with a burning face and clenching fists.
“I can’t go through this again, Kaspias. I WON’T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN!”
