But it remained dark.
No, it couldn’t be.
It couldn’t be.
Harry was too strong.Too alive.He was...hers.
Pain engulfed her, stealing her breath away.Pain like nothing she had ever experienced.Every fiber of her being burned, seared with the agony that radiated out from her heart.How could this be?How could she lose him when she had just found him again?
Tears began to run unbidden down her cheeks as she stared at that empty door.Oh God, she prayed, begged silently.Please.Please.
It couldn’t be.It couldn’t be.
She began to struggle in earnest for her release, and Colin let her go.She ran toward the building, stumbling along the way.
“Fiona!Dinnae,” Connor shouted and started to run after her, but this time Colin held him back.
“Let her go.”
“But...”
“God, mon,” Colin said, choking up.“Can ye even imagine?”
Connor shook his head.“Nay.”
Colin swallowed painfully, picturing the utter devastation on his sister’s face.“I can.”
Together, they watched their sister tripping up the front steps before disappearing through the darkened portal.
Silence reigned.
Then, an awful keening of absolute despair that was enough to tear at the heart of even the most hardened of men filled the air.Colin’s eyes burned with tears.
“No-o-o-o!”
Chapter 46
