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itself and the barrier would be reinstated. There were only a couple of those glowing lights left to wick out. I could do this.
    The filing cabinet was starting to fill and I wondered if I’d have enough space to finish this job. With a sense of desperation, I clawed at the barrier between Brace and me. Trying to find a sliver to break through and share these final portions of power.
    All it took was one glance at my face and Brace knew I was in trouble. He surged forward with both his body and power, and smashed through the barrier between us. Our melding connection flared to life, and my mate took some of my energy with ease. He wasn’t even affected, just internally storing it with the zillion tons of power he already rocked. Lucky ass.
    The pressure inside me eased.
    I swear I never even knew what stress was until I met you, Red. His tone was resigned, but slightly amused.
    I’m keeping you young, I quipped back.
    His sigh was long and deep. It’s either that or you’re sending me to an early grave, but one thing I haven’t been since we met is bored. I had no idea how dull my existence was before you.
    His last words – which were said in an offhand manner – warmed my heart.
    Ready? We still had to drain the last stone. My well was full, my cabinet was full, but with Brace’s help I would finish.
    Prepare yourself. I’ve no idea what sort of protections might be on this room. Que could have rigged it to do anything if an unauthorized entity broke the dome.
    I swallowed. Colt’s ready to grab Lucy, right?
    Yep, he was born ready for that.
    Walker males were pretty on point when it came to overprotecting the heck out of their mates, but still I had to check – it was Lucy. She was slightly more breakable than the rest of us and I couldn’t live without her. I forced myself not to close my eyes as the last stone sputtered and died out. Fighting the instinctual fear of what type of Que-freaky-guardian-creature might spring out at us.
    There was an extended pause, as if the room wasn’t quite sure what to do, and then – nothing happened. Brace stole away the last of the energy rattling around inside me, but I barely noticed I was so focused on the space which had been previously barred from us. The room was open now, ready for us to start exploring.
    “That was certainly anti-climactic,” Lucy trilled. “I was expecting a massive explosion, followed by flying harpies and spiders.”
    I grinned. “You really thought Que would have harpies and spiders guarding his secret lair?”
    She shrugged. “That’s what I would have.”
    I straightened minutely, allowing my tense muscles to stretch and extend out from the position they’d been locked in during the energy drain. I felt no internal discomfort from my newly acquired power. I simply had to shut the door on my filing cabinet and it was all sitting nice and neatly, waiting for me to pull it out when I needed it. So freaking awesome.
    Laughter sounded in my head. Yes, Brace said as he finally understood how I’d managed to take so much of the crystals’ power. That is quite awesome, as you put it. Not that it’s any surprise to me; your awesomeness seems to be expanding daily.
    What can I say? It’s great to be me … I trailed off for a prolonged pause. If you discount the fact that billions of entities, seven worlds, friends and family are all relying on me to keep them from being dissolved into a mass of energy. And I have no idea how to do that. Yeah … it’s just great to be me.
    Sigh. I couldn’t think about the responsibility. It was truly crushing. The fear. It coated my tongue and sent waves of an acid-type burn through my body. Here and now. I had to just focus on the here and now, or I’d be insane long before the last tether fell.
    Brace took my hand and pulled me in to his side. You’re not alone, sweetheart. Never alone.
    Damn, now all of sudden I felt like superwoman or something. And my surge of confidence was about to come in