The Unsettling Intruder

Sloane's POV

The word hung in the cramped space, thick and heavy. Mate.

Tobias and Cora remained frozen in their trance, their chests rising and falling in perfect unison. The invisible string pulling them together charged the air with a magnetic tension so strong it made the hair on my arms stand up. They stared at one another, oblivious to my presence, oblivious to Nash standing rigid by the