"Don't put me back..."
"You're out," the elf told her. "Look around."
Her frightened gaze moved from Sera's face to the roof, then toward the open lawn.
"Outside...?"
Aurora waited through another breath before nodding to Black Fang.
"The repeating flow has stopped. Her own mana was keeping her trapped after the venom started it, just as we thought."
"And she can see where she is," Sera said softly, keeping hold of the woman's hand.
Quinlan watched the patient loosen her grip. She was still frightened, but when Sera offered her water, she took the cup and drank instead of clawing at silk that wasn't there.
Aurora returned to the bench to fill the remaining vials.
"We'll take this back for Celia's father. If Edric responds as well as she has..."
"Well done, ladies, Silky."
At the acknowledgment, Silky raised her head a little, then froze when Rosie shifted against her.
The child had fallen asleep.
