Chapter 42: Alone in the Dark
Lily POV
The scream tore from my throat before I could stop it.
Pain blazed across my arm like fire, so sudden and sharp that I dropped to my knees in the snow. My hand flew to where it hurt most, but there was no wound on my skin. The pain was coming from somewhere else.
From someone else.
"Caleb," I whispered, understanding rushing through me like ice water.
The mate bond. Whatever they were doing to him, I could feel every second of it. Another wave of pain crashed over me, and I bit my lip so hard I tasted blood to keep from yelling again.
I had to move. I had to find him.
But which way? The forest spread endlessly in every direction, dark and full of shadows that could hide anything. The rogues had taken him hours ago, and they could be anywhere by now.
Think, Lily. Think.
I closed my eyes and tried to focus past the pain. The mate tie was more than just shared hurt. Elder Iris had told me that true mates could sense each other’s location if they concentrated hard enough.
I pressed my hand to my chest, right over my heart, and reached out with everything I had. At first, there was only the burning pain from whatever they were doing to Caleb. But underneath that, like a whisper in the dark, I felt something else.