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Chapter Fifty-Six: Vuko and Silvia

Silvia POV

When I come to in Vuko's arms, the iron is gone. I don't know how I know that. It feels like my bones are lighter, hollow even. Just for an instant, before Vuko's warmth and his eyes and his strength catch me and hold me safe, I feel ... alone.

What happened?

I sit up and look around. Dawn's light breaks mauve and lilac through the night sky and the moon has moved from her zenith. What is different?

"Look," says Seersha. She is standing at the front of the pack, Didi's arms around her. She points out through the glass windows of this strange diner that has for the moment become a sacred place.

Outside, the city is suffused with a golden light that is more than dawn's rays catching the outlines of buildings and apartments. It's magic! The city is glowing with magic!

Just then Tidiane bursts in. The métamorphe is out of breath and sopping wet.

"Silvia! Vuko!" he says, "What did you do? What in the name of all the gods is going on?"

"Tidiane," I say. "You're wet."

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