Stay, something in the back of his mind demanded briefly but he shook it off. “You can’t go yet; you’ll be here for at least another three days so you can get better.”

“I must go now, the longer we remain in proximity the stronger the bond becomes.” Ardala struggled upright in the bed and shoved the blankets away before looking at the iv line in her arm and setting her fingers on it. “What is this?”

“It’s a needle, feeding you saline to increase ...