Page 28 of Vameer

Pressure surrounds my heart. “Sí, I want her too.”

I swallow down the urge to rage at the injustices of the world.

There is no point. They will always remain.

No matter how many scales I have tried to reset, evil will be reborn. Over and over again.

And I will fight for my mate’s right to exist. Over and over again.

Lights ahead and below pull my attention away from my brooding.

This time my gravito cooperates, slowing with my will.

There are a lot of lights below.

Too many lights.

I slow even more as I reach the edge of the city, grateful that the dark sky above me will cloak my presence from anyone looking up.

Lights blaze in the night. Along streets. In homes. Businesses. Cars.

The cars.

My heart thuds a beat too fast before I’m able to catch it.

The cars are too fast. Too bright. Too sleek.

I slept so much longer than I intended.

I touch the heart beads.

If my mate hadn’t woken me…

My pulse pounds another extra beat.

My brother.

An ache spreads through my chest as I think of Volik.

I did not mean to leave you for so long, little brother.

Gravito wraps around my waist, tightening in a hug. And I force myself to calm.

This is not the same world as the one I left. But I will not let that derail me.

Chapter 11

Rune

Isit up straighter.

Did my heart just jump?

I press a hand against my chest, and my laptop slides off my lap onto the mattress.

My eyes dart to my nightstand, to my container of edibles.

Maybe I took too much?