“Open your eyes, Blue,” Orion commanded and I held on to him as I lay on my back, recognising him again as I felt the warmth of his body pressing down on mine. Seth whined close by and Geraldine wailed in terror. “My queen!” she cried. “Please look upon the face of your lover! Come back to us!” Somehow, impossibly, I managed to do as Orion asked, my eyes cracking open and two achingly familiar dark eyes staring back at me.