A pin-drop silence settled over the room as Aliana watched Gavriel closely.
When he didn't say anything,she swallowed the dry lump in her throat and parted her lips to speak.
But just then, he broke his silence.
"What?"
"Our past?" Gavriel repeated, his hands coming to rest on her shoulders. "What do you mean by that?"
Aliana blinked rapidly against the veil of tears obscuring her vision. "Yes... we were..."
Just as she attempted to say more, a sharp, throbbing pain violently pierced through both of their minds.
A pained whimper escaped Aliana's lips as her head dropped against Gavriel's shoulder and her fingers clutched his shirt.
Gavriel was no different.
His face twisted in agony, though he forced himself to endure it, just like all the other inexplicable episodes he had suffered in the past.
