I wake up, on a bed, and on my back. I’m surprised that it doesn’t hurt. I carefully shift and realize that there is no pain in my back.
“You’re healed, Iniko,” a soft voice says from beside me. It’s not Eliane and I open my eyes to see the woman who said she was my mother, Zephyr.
I look around the room, expecting to see Eliane, but she isn’t here.
“She’ll be back soon, I’m sure,” Zephyr says.
I focus on her again. “Who?”
“Your rider, of course. Isn’t that who you’re looking for?”
“Where is she?”
“Not here,” she says, and I know where she is. She’s with HIM.
“How did you heal me?” I ask her, looking up at the ceiling. Something deep inside me loves this woman and I don’t want to hurt her, but I feel like my heart is breaking. How could Eliane leave me? How could she go with him wh
