Chapter 89

Kaidan's POV

I was so attuned to her heartbeat that I felt it before it happened.

One second, Cassidy was standing there in the center of the marking circle with her eyes locked on mine, pale but focused, her shoulders squared like she was willing herself to survive one more second. The next, her body swayed like a candle flame in the wind.

“Cassidy,” I said, stepping forward instinctively, but s