Nathan POV
“Claire? Can you hear me?”
“Step away from her!” Baldwin shouted. “This has nothing to do with you.”
Ignoring him, I kept my focus on Claire’s face. It was utterly still, not a flicker of emotion or expression.
And yet, I’d felt that moment of connection. And I really had heard her in my mind.
“Answer me, Claire,” I said tenderly, reaching up to brush my hand against her cheek.
“Can you hear me, baby?”
And her voice shouted in my mind, stronger this time.
Yes! I can hear you, I’m here!
I need you to take my hand.
Without hesitating, without questioning, I took her hand in mine.
And felt a surge of power unlike anything I had ever experienced before in my life.
It grew inside me like a sunrise, growing bigger and brighter and hotter until I felt like I might explode.
