I stepped up to Spati and Moonsong's inert form. "Let me try" I said quietly.

Spati shook his head. "It's no good, Tessa" he said. "She's dead--you don't know what trying to heal her now would do to you."

I ignored him, and looked down at Moonsong, clenching my fists. She and Spati had been te first in this world--or the other, to be kind to me, I had to do something.