Cassie groaned as another wave of pain wracked her body. “Well that just sucks,” she gasped. Elora tried to hold her but Cassie cried out.
“Anyone else’s touch will be painful. Her soul only wants the touch of one particular being.” Syndra leaned closer to Cassie. “You need to call to him. Say his name; he will come immediately, and the pain will be over.”
Cassie shook her head. “He kills people. He’s tortured innocent people. He told me he was evil.”
Syndra nodded. “Yes, those things are all true—very, very true. But what else is true is that you hold the other part of his soul and you are good and pure, which means that there must be something in Trik worth saving.”
“He didn’t act like he wanted to be saved,” Cassie coughed as she attempted to take a deeper breath.
“He doesn’t know
