CHAPTER 124 A Message from the King

　　~ JESSE ~

　　Maya burst into cackling laughter when I delivered Cazz's message-which made me giggle too, but would disappoint him, I suspected. He had wanted to piss her off.

　　I watched her face and tried to fix the memory in my mind to share with Cazz later, because I couldn't reach him from here in her cave-a fact that made my chest a little cold.

　　This morning I had almost turned around and fled back to my quarters when I was halfway to Maya's cave, because I could feel Cazz fading. But I had made myself keep going. He needed space, he was going to get it. And I would survive.

　　He'd said the link would come back when we were closer. I just prayed he was right. And that he didn't take the opportunity to cut me off, then pretend it was-

　　Stop, Jesse! I had told myself, shaking my head.

　　And now I was glad that I'd stuck it out. It was a good excuse to ask Maya questions about the bond, and linking, and she was a wealth of information.