Althea frowned, her brows knitting tightly. “I can’t reach him through the mindlink. It’s not working,” she said, her voice shaking with worry.

Uriel’s words from earlier echoed in her mind, that mysterious man had taken Gavriel and vanished through a vortex, leaving no trace behind. They had tried everything to track them but failed.

She closed her eyes and reached out again, not through the mindlink this time, but through their bond. She could feel the faint pull of it inside her, ...