Fuck, what is happening?
A bright flash of light appears on my pillow and I slam my eyes back shut.
“Everyone, give her some space. Everything is okay,Thayla girl.”
“V, make it stop.”
“There’s no stopping it, my Vedae. You just have to let it settle. Riven, give her a touch of your harmony. Don’t overwhelm her. She has to process this.”
“Process what?” he asks, but he listens nonetheless.
His power wraps around me gently, enough for me to take a gasping breath of air, but it’s not enough. I need more.
I shake my head to try to clear the dizziness, but all it does is make the images appear even more clearly in my mind. I groan loudly as it feels like pressure is building in my skull.
“V, please.”
“Listen to me, Thayla,”Seismet calls gently.“Don’t speak, just breathe and rock.”
Breathe and rock.
Breathe and rock.
I can’t. It’s too much.
“Boys, touch her soul again. Very softly,”Verlet suddenly commands.
“What the fuck is happening if all of you are chiming in right now?” Riven asks.
A shuddering breath falls from my lungs as their souls touch mine and a shiver skirts its way across my skin.
The embarrassing little whimper that escapes me has the four of them inching closer toward me on the bed.
“Someone answer us, please.” Kyzen’s soft request is delivered through gritted teeth. The strain from his worry leaks through me.
“She just received a message.”
V’s words send the room into silence and I soak up what I can of the calm.
The images become clearer in my mind even though I try to shake them away.
Dark water.
A boat.
Creatures.
Treasure.
Derivius’s voice, “Anything that is lost can be found.”
Lambrit and I sitting in the Oddian library. I’m reenacting a scene he read to me. He’s shushing me.
“Someone go get Lambrit.”
“Tell us what’s going on,” Amick orders, but I shake my head.
“Please, someone go get Lambrit.”
