Chapter 13: The Song of Two Souls

The old, rust-bucket of a car didn’t make it to the border. It sputtered, coughed, and died a dramatic death on a deserted mountain road just after dawn, leaving them stranded in a landscape of towering pines and crisp, thin air. The silence, once they pushed the car off the road and into a ditch, was profound. It was the silence of being truly, utterly alone. But they weren’t alone. The new bond hummed between them, a quiet, steady duet. The agonizing pull was gone, replaced by a constant,...