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âWhat do you mean, I canât do anything about it?â I demanded, not caring if the other two heard. âTell me whatâs wrong before itâs too late!â
âLook at me! My colors are dimming because I have no more energy left!â He jerked his head towards me and leaned closer until our faces almost touched. âNow tell me Iâm wrong! Tell me thereâs some way for me to draw on the energy of the stars, because in this room, I will never gain access to them.â He winced. A flash of pain crossed his face as he backed away, slamming his head against the wall. âIf Iâd known all of this would happen, I wouldâve stored more while we were between missions. I wouldnât have mind-scried Tori.â
âYou used up all your energy on Tori,â I murmured incredulously. He flinched in reply.
âI needed to know who and what she was.â He flicked a hand at her. âI just never thought Iâd find out she was sterile.â
âAnd what good has come from your search for answers?â I hissed, throwing up my arms in frustration. âHow will you make contact with someone to save us if youâre drained?â
He shook his head in defeat. âI donât know.â
I stared at him in utter disbelief. He was our last hope, and now that was ruined. We had no chance of escape if our Cosmic Soul was incapable of using his abilities.
âWhatâs the matter?â Auro asked as he sat down in front of us. Tori wrapped herself in a blanket before she joined us on the floor. She leaned against Auroâs side as he wrapped an arm around her, holding her close. âWe could hear you arguing across the room. I want to know what all the commotionâs about.â
âHeâs dying, and he didnât want to tell us.â
Thirteen
TORI
There was something the matter with Celyze, and no one was clueing me in.
Not that they could; weâd only covered the basics of each language over the last few days. I didnât fault them for not including me in their conversation. There was a clear language andâwho was I kiddingâculture barrier between us. If Celyze had a dire problem, trying to break the trouble down to a game of charades wasnât going to solve anything in a timely matter.
I studied their interactions as I tried to interpret their body language and decipher what was wrong. For all I knew, he could just have a case of the space flu, but from their grim expressions, I was starting to doubt it.
Wait... How could I be sure that I hadnât caught anything? Iâd freely had unprotected sex with two members of a completely different species! What if these aliens had space STDs?
âTori,â Celyze said gently, pulling me from my thoughts.
I looked up from my blanket and saw he had offered his hand for me to take. Glancing at my two alien boyfriendsâor whatever they were, because I didnât think weâd made our relationship official yetâfor guidance, I shot them a questioning look.
âTori talk Celyze. Yes?â Luwyn stood, shaking his head, looking subdued with his drooping wings. âLuwyn no talk.â
I watched him retreat before guiding my attention to Auro, seeking an explanation from him. He also shook his head as he dropped his arm from around my waist and pulled away. âTori talk Celyze.â He pointed to where Luwyn sat, watching us. âAuro there. Luwyn there.â Leaning in, he kissed my forehead. âTori here. Celyze talk Tori. Yes?â
What the fuck did Celyze have to tell me privately?
I offered Auro a weak smile. âTori talk Celyze here. No Auro. No Luwyn.â
He nodded and stood, saying something to Celyze as he turned to leave.
I didnât get it. Why did they have to leave? Now I was stuck alone with Celyze. Granted, we were never really alone in this room, but the point was, I was uncomfortable with this arrangement.
âTori, yes?â he asked gently, holding out both of his hands to me. His honey-smooth voice didnât sound as sweet as it once had. âCelyze talk Tori. Yes?â
Now I understood his meaning. He was asking for permission to repeat his alien magic-mumbo-jumbo from before. But why did he need to touch me, when heâd been able to project a thought at me from time to time?
I trusted that Auro and Luwyn wouldnât have left me with Celyze if he was planning to hurt me, yet I didnât want to relive the whole mind-rape maneuver heâd subjected me to. Whatever he wanted to say must be significant enough for Auro and Luwyn to allow this form of communication, because they knew how badly the experience affected me. Theyâd witnessed my reaction the first time. I had to believe that they wouldnât force me to go through that once again unless the matter was of life-or-death importance.
Hesitantly, I placed my hands in his, flinching when he covered them with his thumbs.
I am not going to hurt you. His voice felt like a whisper. Not again. I only want to talk.
Blowing out a nervous breath, I tried to calm myself. Pulling my gaze from our joined hands, I met his once frozen eyes in shock.
âWhat happened?â I muttered as I searched the rest of his face. His whole body's coloring was muted. The teal highlights in his white hair were fading, along with the star-like silver speckles throughout his body.
How had I missed this?
Itâs not your job to notice such things, so donât feel responsible for my condition. Itâs entirely my fault that Iâm dying.
âHow can you say something like that?â I hissed. âNewsflash. Death isnât a laughing matter. I donât know if you know, but itâs permanent.â
I donât understand this ânewsflash.â His eyes hardened. But I do know full well what death entails, female. Unlike you, I know it isnât permanent.
Shaking my head, I tried unsuccessfully to stifle my nervous laughter. Giggles escaped as anxious tears gathered on the edges of my eyes. How
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