"Alaric?"
Lila wasn't sure what she had just witnessed. So she turned to the others to confirm if they had seen it too.
Not surprising, Taryn and Hannah had the same bewildered expression as her.
Alaric then blinked, his eyes returning to that familiar, striking blue, and he sucked in a sharp breath, like someone who had been held underwater and had finally broken the surface.
"I saw them," he said with a rough voice.
Then again, more firmly this time, like he needed them to understand, "I saw them."
"Saw who?" Lila asked, though she already had an inkling.
"Asher and Violet," Alaric said, awe and relief flooding his expression. "We're bound as one. Our circle is complete. Although…" his brows pulled together slightly, his focus drifting as if he were listening to something far away. "Asher is more bound to her than the rest of us."
Taryn exchanged a knowing look with Lila. "They're tied telepathically now. All of them."
