I pulled again anyway.
Harder.
The wall shuddered this time.
Dust fell from one of the bolts and I smiled. I f*****g smiled at the camera.
I didn't have enough strength yet.
I needed Ferus. And time.
If I reached down deep, I could feel he was there… drugged and partially subdued but there.
Trapped behind whatever they had pumped into me, wrapped in chains I could not see but felt in every inch of my body.
Ferus pushed back toward me.
The answering pain nearly drove me to my knees.
I bit down my lip until I tasted blood.
Then the golden/silver thread into my own soul burned.
Perse’s emotions crashed through it in broken waves.
Fear first.
Then rage.
Then pain.
Then something sharper. Focus. Thought.
Something was happening to her. She wasn’t alone anymore. My stomach chu
