Xenia's body lay still against the altar. Mason kept listening to her heartbeat to make sure she was alive. She was screaming about the pain one moment, and everything went silent the next. The only sounds were that of the winds and Delilah's sobbing. 

Mason paced in front of the altar. Of course, he was worried. She had been quiet for a while now. The first time they did this, it only lasted a few minutes before Lillian returned. Though for Lillian, it felt like hours. So this was new, and nobody knew what to expect. Mason took some calming, deep breaths. His irritation was slowly turning to anger, which...