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I’m breathing heavily as I lean back on the ground. “I can’t believe that worked.”
“Do you think it’ll hold him?”
I shrug. “It’ll at least let us catch our breath.”
Hyx snorts and shakes his head. He walks back a little and surveys the area. “Let’s go back to the ship and see if we can find anything to get out a signal.”
He begins walking and I move to stand when I hear something strange. Something that sounds like it’s coming from the ravine. I peek over the edge and gasp.
It’s Elyzin. He’s scaling the ravine side like a spider and heading right for me.
I scramble to my feet and am about to call out to Hyx when Elyzin launches himself towards me and grabs me by the throat.
“Did you really think that would hold me?” he shouts. He lifts me up by my neck and then bangs me into the ground.
Pain shoots through my body.
“Libby!” I hear Hyx shout.
Elyzin rams me into the ground again and then releases my throat, only to deliver punch after punch to me.
“If it wasn’t for you interfering, we wouldn’t have to be here!” the Bargaron screams. He’s frenzied and spiteful, and this time, he’s going to kill me with his bare hands.
Hyx tackles him, and they roll away.
Get up. I need to get up and get away. I tell myself. But I can’t move.
I see something sharp and metallic in Hyx’s hands. It looks like part of the ship. Then he stabs Elyzin in the side with it.
I let out a strangled, smothered breath that sounds more like a gasp. There’s a pain in my side and a watery feeling in my chest that makes me fear my lung is punctured. The edges of my vision have a gray quality which I’m not quite sure how to interpret, but I’m sure it isn’t a good sign. I’m going to die. I’m going to die again!
Hyx turns his full attention on me. He’s at my side in an instant, looking over my broken body.
“Libby,” he murmurs. “No, no. Please, love, please stay with me. Don’t leave me again.”
The pain is almost overwhelming. And over his shoulder, I can see Elyzin getting to his feet again.
We’re going to die.
But instead of the fact making me more afraid, a strange sense of calm fills me. I smile at my fated mate.
“I love you,” I manage to get out. “And I’ll love you in every life.”
Hyx shakily cups my face, and I grasp one of his hands. Then fire fills his eyes. “I’m not waiting for the next life. I chose this one with you.”
And then he does something entirely unexpected. He begins to sing.
However, calling it a song doesn’t do it justice. It’s the sweetest, clearest sound I’ve ever heard.
Slowly, the pressure starts to ease off, and I begin to breathe regularly again. The rest of the pain recedes, and I sit up.
Hyx finishes the song, and he smiles. “I remembered it. An Ishani healing song. When I needed it, I finally remembered it.”
I smile, too, and tears gather in the corners of my eyes.
Then I remember why I needed healing in the first place. Hyx and I seem to realize it at once, and we both turn to look at Elyzin, ready for anything.
But instead of being met with murderous rage, Elyzin looks shaken. He begins to tremble and takes a step away from us, clutching his head.
