MY SOULMATE

n in my chest. The sword was within the mirror. I could see it st

ght you were..." I gasped. "I thou

room. "I just arrived

iced he was no longer wearing the sarong, but a crimson tailored suit. He had a crown on his head. Strands of his fair h

er to the ground. I had aw

e placed his hand firmly on m

e pain go aw

e said, compassion gl

my fingers. "What are y

information about one of the one hundred and twenty-five elements present on Earth, but it's still a sword and it's

red, still feeling t

what's happened?"

and King Christian's bedside manner was top-notch. The loo

that the other Christian had told me, and if he had wanted more,

gone wrong. I'm going to take a look in the mirror and

the mirror. He slid his fingers up and down

he sword and crouched beside me. "Please forgive me if any of what I'm about to tell you is redundant

other Christian didn't know

gered on my chest, on the exact spot where I felt the pressure from the sword. "Just now you awakened me by impaling that sword through my heart. The C

kes you

rough a particle channel, he would have been able to pull the sword through to the other side immediately. It should have been painless from your perspective. Pai

ha

the mirror is no longer a mirror, but a window or a doorway. It would become

plan to fail?" I croaked,

hat it needs to be restored before the sword can be pulled through. If the real me is in the middle of moving or fighting, I may not be able to establish a proper connection, despite everything being aligned

fully beli

ality is pa

ou're not perfectly invulnerable yet, but until you are, I will protect you like

n had given me. I could feel his lips pressed against mine, but

real, is it?" I as

The physical mechanics of what I just did are not as they appear

e anywhere near the real you because loving you in the r

d for my hand. "Let's

lding hands, we

l massacre had just occurred. I felt more self-conscious than ever. Perhaps I was supposed t

in his eyes. "At its peak, when I've created the best body I c

ide of your

can fall from any height or force... good news... invulnerability. Br

know

don when we performed the oper

e yourself up and c

tian told me where I was supp

what he knew. "Hmm... when I tried to mention the Red Forest to you... uh... to the real Christian before I was kidnapped, he didn't seem to know anythin

ability for that was fading. By the time he switched hearts with you, I know

at all I

houlder. "You should leave me here," h

uld I le

t for you. For now, you need to return to the real world and use your new abilities to repair the c

ere should I go? It's ver

s from the rooms you've seen. If you move everything to its rightfu

the immortals that the other Christian

the other Christian was successful. The moment he pulls the sword through and opens the channel of

d?" I asked, seek

ed through your heart, and you're only feeling okay because I am here, shielding you from the agony it would inflict on someone as vulnerable as you in ruling the Red Forest." He stroked the side of my face. "Th

ructions back to him. "Rearrange the

do it," h

goodby

go with that dress," he call

ering fashion advice even a