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A body. Floating lifeless. The male’s skin looks pristine, as if the bodies don’t decay over time. Scanning around, my heart stutters, finding hundreds of bodies suspended in this deadly pool.
I spot Draven, kicking my feet to reach him with my arms stretched out in front of me. The glowing white orb of his soul is rising through his body, and the sight has my heart racing and kicking my feet faster. When I grab hold of him, I place both of my hands on his cheeks, smashing my lips to his.
I call on my light as it races out of me, tingling against our lips in a spark.
In a blinding flash, his eyes snap open, locked on mine. Wide and unblinking. Though they aren’t silver at this moment, his dragon dormant. No, these are the colored eyes that took my breath away the very first time I saw him. An icy blue.
I press my lips harder against his, as I see his soul pause its ascent up his throat. As if my small burst of power gave him an extra breath of life.
But I start to feel lethargic. Every muscle slowly smoothing out its tension, my chest rising and falling in a longer rhythm, and a ripple of heaviness pulling at my eyes.
Time is slipping through my fingers. The well of power within me is draining quickly. Like a ship caught in a black vortex at sea, getting sucked beneath the surface. I’m so tired. So very tired. My lungs are burning, and a numbness is beginning to settle over them.
Gripping some of my power, I feel a kernel remaining, just enough to save him. Enough to push into his body and give him strength. And to get him out of this soul-stealing pool.
The pads of my thumbs tenderly brush over his cheeks as I touch my forehead to his. “Hold on for me.”
I let the words flow through the weakening bond with every ounce of warmth my body can give. And then I slam my hands to his chest, emptying the rest of my power into his body, while blasting him out of the water and back on land. A small wave of my shadows sets him down gently before it vanishes in a misty pop.
The heart in my chest is losing its song, but I will still love him silently with every breath he takes. And that’s when I feel it. Nothing. Not life. Not death. But nothing at all.
“I love you,” a broken whisper of my voice is all I can conjure, hoping he hears those final three words.
Every cell in my body comes to a stop. The blood in my veins ceases its flow. The hint of warmth beneath my skin fades away until everything feels cold. My eyes register a flash of light around me before they fall closed, and everything goes black.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Draven
“Hold on for me.”
Water launches up my throat. Rolling to my side, I cough until I’m able to suck in a large gulp of air. Everything fucking hurts.
Wyvern iron is my curse. The one thing that is a sure death for me. But somehow…somehow, Emma fucking saved me when she forced her power through the bond. I’ve never heard of a mate being able to heal the other, but she did. Not completely, but enough to rid the effects of the wyvern iron from my flesh, internally healing every organ that was sliced through. All that remains is the outer layers of skin that remain open, but that’s not enough to kill me.
My body protests every strain of muscle, every breath, and every thought. I mentally push the haziness away, feeling like all of my blood has drained from my body.
Her voice rings like an echo in my head, fading fast to the barest whisper. “I love you.”
Emma.
Emma. Emma. Emma.
Saying her name like a prayer in my head.
No!
How dare she risk her life for me! Only to not save herself too! The fucking world can survive without me, but it will all burn to ash without her. She has so much life to live. So much good to offer this world.
But then there’s a cracking in my chest, a torrent of pain that shreds my throat with a violent roar.
“Little demon,” I whisper, my voice raw. My eyes welling, hobbling over on all fours as I try to heave in air. Try to ease the soul-shredding pain.
I don’t believe it. I need to see her.
She’s okay. She’s okay, I repeat to myself, hoping that it will make it true.
I don’t blink as I force my battered body to the edge of the water, feeling panic grip me by the neck. Grinding my teeth against the assault of pain with every movement. But I don’t care.
