IRYN'S POV

When I wake up, the fever haze and sudden heat that once blistered through my blood is gone.

Now my skin is cool against the sheets I'm currently laying on and my body is no longer trembling from the wild pull of the heat ceremony-------- I actually feel like I can breathe without feeling like my lungs are too small for my chest.

The bed smells faintly of ash and the scents of Nyall, Fenric and Orien, woven so tightly together that it makes the bond hum quietly.

“Easy,” a ...