Page 80 of Destined for Dreams
She squeezed her eyes closed and fought down a lump in her throat. This was just as bad as she’d thought. “What does that mean?”
“The demon has grown strong enough to mask them, assuming they’re still alive.”
Cori’s knees buckled, and she fell onto the snow. Emily cried out and turned to Kerbasi, who hugged her gently and murmured reassurances. Lucas looked ready to punch the archangel. Cori gulped in huge breaths of air as Melena helped her to her feet, barely able to stand on her own. The thought of Bartol being gone forever before she had a chance to truly know him and be with him was more than she could take.
“They can’t be dead,” the sensor argued.
“Possibly not,” Remiel agreed. “But we can’t be sure they’re alive, either.”
“Cori would be in much worse shape if her mate was dead, and we wouldn’t feel the bond mark on her this strongly,” the sensor pointed out.
The archangel studied her and frowned. “You may be right.”
There was something in his expression that bothered Cori, but before she could hazard a guess as to what he was thinking, he looked away. Was there something about her mate bond that was different? Had she missed something?
“You have to find Bartol,” she pleaded. “He’s alive—I know it.” Cori worried about Tormod and Caius as well, but her mate was her priority.
Remiel nodded. “I will continue my search and let you know if I find anything.”
It hit her then. “Maybe I could go to Prague and search for him through our bond. If I’m closer, it might be easier to track him.”
“No. He is no longer in the city. Of that much, I’m certain. It would do you no good to go there now,” the archangel replied.
“You mean there’s nothing I can do?” Cori asked, voice breaking.
A hint of sympathy entered Remiel’s gaze. “Stay here and wait for word from me. As soon as I locate him, I will let you know—I promise.”
“Just don’t give up. That’s all we ask,” Melena said. They were at the archangel’s mercy to help them, and they all knew it.
Remiel nodded and flashed away.
