"SHOULD."
The word tasted like ash in his mouth. "You gambled with her life on 'should.'"
But even as fury threatened to consume him, Grayson felt something else stirring in his chest—that connection he'd maintained with Mailah suddenly blazing to life with desperate intensity.
She was calling to him. Fighting to return.
Without hesitation, he moved toward the silver circle, intent on crossing the barrier between worlds to reach her.
"Stop!" Vivienne's voice cracked like a whip, supernatural authority ringing in the single word. "You cannot enter the dream realm in your current state. Going in while you're in human form makes you vulnerable to a Dream walker's influence. They'll use your feelings against you, turn your protective instincts into weapons that could destroy you both."
