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I could feel Elien slipping away. "No!" I screamed. "Don't die on me! Breathe, please, please breathe" I inhaled and screamed. "SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
KOREN! snapped a voice in my head.
I gasped. "Who are you? Are you the one who was sending me hallucinations earlier?"
They weren't hallucinations. I was possessed by a demon; telepathy was hard. Now I'm not. Put both hands on your sister, on the most unbroken skin you can find.
Shaking, I obeyed. I wasn't sure what this would do, but it was, at least, a chance. I'm going to work through you, the voice continued, but you must trust me. I'll need your power too, and Elien's. I'm a trained healer, but this distance thing is hard. Brace yourself. This will hurt. With that, she started.
I screamed. The whole world was obscured by white light. I couldn't see, nor, after a minute, hear. But I could feel. I felt rocks hitting me, I felt my leg being crushed, I felt my chest being torn open. It did hurt. Then the pain and the light started to fade. I looked down.
Elien blinked up at me, looking exhausted. Her clothes were still ripped and she was still covered with dried blood-but I could see that her chest, her leg, and all of the little cuts she'd acquired were healed. There was scar tissue, certainly, but Elien was alive.
Tell her to go to sleep, the voice directed. She needs rest.
I obeyed. "Elien, go to sleep. It's safe now."
She closed her eyes. I concentrated. Who are you? I asked.
My name is Twyla. I'm on Earth-I was trapped on Earth years ago. I was possessed by a demon until recently.
She had been possessed by a demon-meaning she wasn't anymore. Where is the demon now? I asked.
It transferred to my son and through him to my stepdaughter.
Toby and Sarah?
Yes.
Where are they?
I don't know.
Come here!
I can't. I told you, I'm trapped on Earth. It will take me a few hours to reverse this spell.
You can reverse the spell? How were you trapped on Earth?
There was a long pause. Years ago, the demon lost its control of me for a few hours. I went to Earth and trapped myself there, making sure there was a way for me-but NOT me possessed by the demon-to get back.
Why trap yourself on Earth? If you'd gone somewhere else, someone might have noticed and freed you of the demon-but on Earth?
Well, I'm mostly a healer. My magic wasn't very good for conquering things, so it wasn't much use to the demon, but I had these two daughters that it was going to transfer to