Chapter 61

Briar’s POV

I screamed.

Only…

Only I didn’t.

Because I couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak. I was trapped in my own skin, paralyzed by some invisible current dragging me down.

Then—

I gasped awake.

Pain flooded my skull. My eyes were wide open, staring at the sky, my chest heaving. The gravel bit into my back. Kieran was crouched over me, his hands on my shoulders, panic flashing in his silver eyes.

"Briar? Hey—hey! Can you hear me?"

I blinked. My lips parted, but no sound came. Just breath.

"What the fuck was that?" he asked, almost to himself. "You were fine…" he stopped himself taking a deep breath, then continued, "one second you were fine—then you just dropped."

I grabbed at his arm, fingers tightening. "I… I saw…"

But the words didn’t form.

All I could hear now was the song.

Still humming. Distant.

Calling to me.

It slipped between