“With my shields up, I didn’t know you were in the interrogation chamber until I was halfway down the stairs.” “What?” I blink. “Then how did you know to come help?” Silence stretches between us, and a prickle of apprehension makes me shift my weight, aggravating my lower back. “I sensed them,” he finally answers. “The same way they sense me.” My stomach pitches, and I reach for the wall, splaying my palm over the rough-hewn stone to keep my balance. “That’s not possible.” “It is.” He nods slowly, watching me. “That’s how I know I’ve changed, how Garrick and I have managed to slay more than a
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