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“I suggest you make yourself a cup of tea and find a quiet place in your mind The stress is bad for the baby”

So she knew Which uessed because they hadn’tdeal

“Goodbye, Jeni”

I blinked and foundup over the horizon, shining through a space in the curtains

I sluggedand found my way downstairs There was an assortment of teas and coffee on the kitchen counter I went for the decaf green tea In the fridge, I found bottled water and so hardly ate, and I highly doubted he was the cooking type

I , and went outside to the enclosed patio Just beyond the glass windbreak,sun I popped down on one of the lounge chairs and heldNerves A lot was riding on getting this right

Okay Blank? Show me

I letwould co?

Nothing

Godda Reach for hiht of us, of our connection, I’d get souy’s soul is anchored to me I didn’t control it, but the Seers had tethered us

Co

My bones jarred againstin the clouds, totally weightless and free I was nothing and nowhere, spinning in the air with just ? I needed to find him

Like a rope had been tied aroundpulled me back down to earth

I foundof a wo lay in a big bed with red velvet curtains and white sheets Where was this place?

I scanned the roo for some clue Maybe an envelope or newspaper Or—a pale ar’s bare chest I couldn’t see her, though; the curtains blocked my view