Chapter 24
I FROZE AND LUKE WAS abruptly two-legged, kneeling and holding me upright even though I didn’t need assistance. “Honor! What happened? Where are you hurt?”
His concern surged down the mate bond the same way my horror must have travelled in the opposite direction. I hadn’t realized I could suck energy away from someone so quickly or so thoroughly. Had I killed my friend?
I nosed at Arthur’s face, relieved to feel the tickle of exhaling breath. Not dead. Alive.
As best I could tell, Arthur was only sleeping. On the other hand, waves of worry rolled off my partner while the burnt electricity from the crowd worsened. I grabbed for words, but found none available to send back down our mate bond.
Instead, I tried to shift upward and join Luke in humanity. The shifting part was su
