Her mind never left mine, her pain shared as I raced as fast as my short legs would carry me, practically flying across the field and through the tree line, the large coven house coming into sight. She screamed in my head, the agony unbearable, and I offered her what support I could, fearing the worst.

No one could survive such terrible pain. No one.

Her window was open, beckoning, my now more agile body making the leap to the oak tree and her ledge with ease as I ...