Ishaan watched her fall, watched her slither out between the Head’s hands and slump to the ground. She hit hard enough to make him wince and he entirely ignored the sudden new voice in order to get to her as quickly as possible. He cradled her against him, acutely aware of the blood leaking down her face as it ran out of her ears. He had to get her to the Heart, Carina had said that the Heart would heal her after she’d undergone the Mindshatter.

He lifted her from the floor ...