“She can get here,” the female was saying, panic in her voice. “She can stop this.” “Not even she will be fast enough,” Theon answered. “She is a World Walker and a—” “And even she has been ordered not to interfere with this,” Theon cut in, dropping to Tessa’s side. “She will not care.” “She will be too late,” Theon said again, his fingers sliding along Tessa’s jaw. “You will forever be mine, Tessa. Whether in this life or in the After.”
