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“This has never been attempted before, Enosh.” Eilam frowned at my wife, observing her, and I could find no malice on his face so unaccustomed to hiding its emotions. “I presume she requires more life than I usually give, its force so strong that her form ca
“If it is strong enough to threaten her form, the same might be true for her soul, and we ought to call upon the God of Whispers,” I said, then spoke into the room for Ada and the other mortal to hear. “Yarin, brother, you are needed.”
Nothing.
No Yarin.
I mumbled a dozen curses before I tried again with more vigor. “Uncle Yarin, you are needed.”
“Anything for my little niece or nephew. Ada, is that not what you mortals—” He stiffened while he still came into his form beside us, wearing nothing but breeches and one boot. “My, my, my… it seems as though I have missed all the fun. Whyever is your wife’s soul spi
“You ought to ensure that its chains remain intact while Eilam gifts his breath. It was strong enough that even I failed to keep her standing.” When my little one shifted in my arms, I cupped her cheek. “Nothing but a fainting spell of some sort. We will try again now, yes?”
A heavy gulp tugged on her throat, but she nodded. “I’m ready.”
Yarin stepped closer, bringing his palm to her sternum as his eyes narrowed with focus. “Let’s get this on with. There is something I need to… finish.”
When the air turned frigid and Eilam’s eyes blackened once more, I braced against the violent force of his breath. It swirled around us, cold and biting, leeching all strength from my muscles, unleashing havoc on my focus as it tousled through my hair. Until, with a beat of entire stillness, as though time suspended itself for one breath, we all froze.
Ada sucked in a deep breath and stared at us as color flushed into her face, eyes frantically bouncing from Eilam to Yarin and from there to me. “Have you done it?”
I swallowed, extending my mind toward her as shock paralyzed my extremities. “I ca
We had certainly done something.
Because I no longer sensed her bone.
No longer felt her flesh.