“No—stay,” he begged. “Stay here!” Her power left brands on his skin. It stirred a thought in her, pulling her out from the fathomless light she was dissolving into. Hurting him. Castor kissed her—kissed her until that blazing power lost its grip on her mind and body. The feel of him became a tether to the world, and she held it with everything she had in her. The blazing power extinguished around them. Nothing felt real but him. “Stay,” Castor said again, as he pulled his lips away from hers. “Don’t go without me. . . .”