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“Can we go?” I asked Martin, huddling in on myself, feeling cold and hollow.
He glanced at Jolie, who nodded.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said and started driving.
“We’re going to take you to the house where Kara is waiting,” Jolie informed me as she continued to hug me and stroke a hand up and down my arm.
The fatigue of being so magically drained started to pull me under again. “Sleepy,” I informed her.
“Go to sleep, child, we’ll keep you safe,” she promised.
Triston tugged at our connection and I ignored it, imagining thick walls surrounding them. I imagined isolating them from the rest of me.
The hollowness expanded.
Large arms pulled me out of the SUV and carried me inside. “What’s wrong with her?” Rhys asked.
Ah, Rhys was carrying me.
“Take her to Kara,” Jolie said. “And speak softly.”
“Is Caleb?—”
“He’s fine,” she said quickly.
Pain flared in my chest, and I whined.
“Best not to talk, Puff,” Jolie whispered, and it sounded like she had tears in her voice. Why was she sad?
Rhys set me on a cold table and soft hands ran along my body. “Ember, can you open your eyes?” Kara requested.
I tried, but they were so heavy. Trying again, I managed to get the heavy lids to crack open. “Heavy,” I breathed.
“Were you hit with a magic spell?” she asked.
“Magic. Drained.”
“Apparently, she created five portals while already pretty drained, shifted after that, and was fleeing before Kieran found her,” Nico said. “She fainted and is dealing with added emotional stress on top of that.”
Emotional stress? Yes, I supposed that was accurate.
“Alright, let’s get you a little relief,” Kara said.
Warmth spread from her hands slowly, starting to warm my freezing body.
“Where is she? What’s wrong?” Caleb asked, growling and angry.
I whimpered and tried to curl into a ball, but my body wasn’t moving like I wanted it to.
“With me, now!” Jolie shouted.
“No, I?—”
“That wasn’t a request,” she said and growled, sounding just like a dragon.
“Fox, help me,” Kara snapped.
Another set of warm hands joined hers.
