Ezra was jolted out of his sleep by the shock. He clutched his chest, gasping unconsciously as he felt the bond snap.
A rope in the rectangle of the soul bond disappeared and the ropes knitted each other back into a triangle.
Pain overwhelmed him, the fire starting in his heart and spreading all through his body. He sat up, stumbling out of bed and falling to the floor.
It felt like he had died. Like a part of him was forever gone.
It had always been there just out of reach but now, it was gone. Gen's abilities. Her axe, her web, her mirror, gone.
The truth was undeniable. Gen was dead.
He roared his sadness into the air as the pain within him grew stronger. The severance of a link in the soul bond had aggravated the burn and in that split second, it was like a door opened and he could see the other side.
