Page 95 of The Stone Survival

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Simply gone.

I exhaled sharply and focused on Yarrow’s body. Had it worked? The bond was gone so…

Willowman and Mirrowind stopped chanting.

“Did it work?” I hurried over. “Is he okay? Did you do it?”

“I believe so,” Willowman said.

“Give it a moment,” Mirrowind added.

But the fist of panic inside me tightened. “Ubron? Are you there? Can you hear me?” Nothing. “Where is he? What did you do to?—”

Yarrow sucked in a breath and opened his eyes.

No. Not Yarrow any longer.

Ubron.

ONE WEEK LATER

The empty,moon-washed academy grounds were something I’d never forget. The memory of this place would be imprinted on my mind forever, especially the view from the observatory.

“Hey…” Curi slipped into the room. “Where’s Serath?”

“Asleep. Hosting Ubron meant that even when he slept, he didn’t sleep well. He’s catching up now, I guess.”

“I’m glad I’ve got you alone actually…Can we…talk?”

My stomach dipped as I turned to face him. “Of course.”

He joined me at the window. “Everything is changing, but I started changing a while back…when I met you actually.”

“You were an ass.”

“I was, wasn’t I?”

“My blue-haired bully.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s forgotten. That was never who you were…not really.”

“And you helped me accept that,” he said. “Thank you for being my friend and for opening my heart. For loving me and allowing me to love you.”

My throat pinched. “I’ll always love you, Curi. You know that, right?”

“Yeah…I do, and I also know what I want in a woman, in a mate, because of you. Thank you for not allowing us to cross the line because this…you leaving would have hurt so much more otherwise.”

I swallowed past the dryness in my throat. “I’ll always be there for you. You can call me whenever.”

He smiled wryly. “About that…I might not be in a place that takes calls.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m leaving too, Cam. Levi and I.”

“Where are you going?”

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