chapter 56

...Through the neverending assault of pain, I feel Dimitri around me.

I feel his touch caress my skin softly. I feel his voice send ripples of soothing down my spine. I feel his warmth seep into my body and ease my tense muscles. I feel his scent, sandalwood, and citrus envelop me like an embrace.

Every time, I feel his grip around my hand, my pain resides to the dark places and for a moment it becomes bearable enough to see him through the haze.

Every time, I see him, his eyes are always glassy and his face, is contorted into pain and guilt.

I do hear his strained voice too, whispering to me words of comfort. "My butterfly, you can do it. I know you can fight against it. Your wolf is more powerful than any venom of silver."

My hands scratch to reach for him but they fall limp beside me no matter how much I try to raise them. And when I scream for him, it is swallowed by the consuming darkness all around me, plunging me into the dark hole where there is no light, no Dimitri. Just m