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The pressure in her head released suddenly and she could feel a sliver of him inside her mind "Just let me take the wheel," he said

The words echoed in her head as well as in her ears It was freaky, but nice, too She felt surrounded Safe

Andra did as he asked, and let her mind wander

"God, you’re beautiful," he whispered over her thoughts "Selfless Strong Brave I’ at, but she started to grow uncomfortable with the idea that he could see inside her

"No Don’t fightaround, I swear"

The presence inside her mind receded, and she could feel hiain and let him steer

"Ready?" he asked her

She was, but she didn’t have to say the words He was part of her and already knew

"Here we go"

She felt another shocking jolt, only this one was less painful, h her Her eyes felt like they’d be pushed fro in thee lurking in front of her

Rock

"I can see it," she whispered

"Good Tell o, so she went down farther, burrowing her way through the solid rock until she came out the bottom "Water," she told hi shiny" Or at least it would be shiny if there were any light "How can I see without light?"

"You’re not really seeing; you’re perceiving it as if you were seeing it, though, since visual sti"

"This is so cool"

She felt hiloarmth inside her mind "Noant you to pull back until you’re near the soil again, almost at the surface, but not quite"

Slowly, Andra did as he asked

"Now, do you feel all the seeds in the soil?"

"Feel the seeds?" Andra poked around, trying to figure out what he meant, when she stumbled across one Life The potential for life inside the tiny speck was incredible Powerful and deterht tirow"

"What?"

"Tell the seed to sprout Bring water up frorow"

"How do I talk to it?"

"Just try it I’ll guide you"

Andra poked around the little thing with herhappened "It’s not working"

"That’s because you’re not using th you need to make it listen"

She didn’t kno to do that, either, but she felt like she should know

A warlowed around her neck, so she went there first The luceria could siphon off his power That hat he’d told her She concentrated on that ring and i a cord into it like she would her TV At first, she didn’t think anything had happened, but then she felt another one of those waves wash over her

She let out a groan and thanked God she was already on the ground It saved her some time, since that here she would have ended up anyway Her head spun as if soood twist, but she’d connected herself to Paul’s power and stayed that way She could feel the huge ocean of strength deep inside hi for her

And she wanted it Craved it That ocean could save Nika, and if she could have found a way, she would have drained every bit of it from him

Problem was, she couldn’t seem to reach it, or at least not h," he told her "Not united the e need to be for you to get what you want Yet"

Whether it was a pro, she wasn’t sure, but she felt hiain

She opened her eyes to look at hiet that far The lush, rich carpet of grass and flowers under their bodies distracted her Even in the dark, she could see the vibrant colors of wildflowers that had not been there moments before

"I did that?" she asked him

"Sure did" He pushed to his feet and put plenty of distance between them

"So I’m ready now?" she asked "I can help Nika?"

"Not yet, but soon"

"How soon?"

He shrugged and his eyes slid away "It depends"

"On what?"

He shoved his hands through his mussed hair and turned away It was an evasive rabbed his shoulder and spun him around "It depends on what, Paul?"