PERSEFONE POV
“Don’t you ever,” I sobbed, pressing my forehead against his for half a second because I couldn’t help it, “do that to me again.”
His mouth moved.
No sound came out.
But I felt it anyway.
‘Mine’.
The hybrids screamed again.
The golden field around us flickered.
The smoke pushed back harder.
And somewhere behind me Keres roared my name like the world had already ended.
At first I thought he was overreacting.
Then Eden stumbled inside me.
One second she was there, filling every corner of my mind with golden light and rage and triumph.
The next I felt her falter.
The power around us flickered violently.
"No."
Panic immediately clawed up my throat.
Not now.
Not again.
Not after I finally got her back.
The electricity crackling across my skin weakened.
The gol
