Page 4 of Bound By Love
He listened as she moved away from the happy voices in the background. Judging by the laughter and music, they were having a party.
He didn’t blame them; Elena’s return and the hope it brought deserved a big celebration. And they hadn’t seen what he just did; it would have put a damper on their festivities if they had.
Did I somehow imagine it?But as he asked the question, he knew the answer. What was outside this door wasn’t real now, but it would be.
“Did you hear about Elena?” Brie asked when she was away from the voices.
“Yes.”
“It’s a miracle.”
“Or the death of a demon.”
“What?”
He filled her in on what he’d discussed with Ronan and the demon he’d killed.
“I’m glad you’re both okay,” she said.
Saber didn’t acknowledge her words; he wasn’t here for idle chat and wasn’t in the mood to exchange niceties.
“I didn’t call because of that,” he said.
“Then why did you call?”
He ignored the hurt in her voice. “I saw something. I’ve never seen anything like it before; it was real, but not real.”
“Real but not real?”
“Yes.”
“Are you saying you saw something likeIsee something?”
He hesitated before replying. It was too bizarre, but the firehadbeen there. “I think so, yes.”
Brie sucked in a breath. “And that’s never happened to you before?”
“No.”
“What did you see?”
“Fire, so much fire, and I heard screams. I swear I saw the whole world….”
“Burning,” she said at the same time as him.
“Yes. Have you seen anything like it?” he asked.
“Yes, last week and again about ten minutes ago.”
Unexpected and unreasonable anger boiled up inside him. “Did you somehow suck me into your vision?”
“I’ve never done anything like that before,” she replied with a defensive edge. “I never would have believed it possible, but things are rapidly changing around us. Has something different happened toyourecently? Something that would make you stronger or more receptive to seeing something you might not have seen before?”
Saber stiffened as her words struck home. Shortly before he saw the world burning, he completed the mate bond with Caro—a bond that made vamps stronger.
He’d never heard of it creating new powers in vampires, but it could have strengthened him enough to awaken some latent connection to Brie. It was a crazy possibility, but their lives were far from sane lately.
He turned back to Caro to discover she was awake. Her almond-shaped, turquoise eyes latched onto his as she remained on the bed. She studied him with a furrowed brow and a small purse to her full lips.
