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Chapter thirty-seven

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Edric

Pain.

Hot, searing pain.

I felt it burn my chest, slash a bone, tear through my heart, and graze a lung.

I closed my eyes, as though that would somehow make it okay, but it didn’t, and it forced a roar out of my already damaged lungs.

I noticed her hand trying to pull out of the stab, but I held it in place and stared her in the eye.

“Don’t you dare give up,” I growled.

There were tears in her eyes, but she was strong. She didn’t let them fall. Instead, she pulled the knife a little ways out and pushed it in again, sawing at my heart.

The pain blinded me, and I didn’t know when I fell to the floor.

“I’m sorry,” she whimpered. “I’m so sorry…”

I nodded because she didn’t deserve to do this. I forgave her before it even happened, knowing that I was the one who was supposed to apologize.

This one hurt – the stab, and maybe it’s because it had been a while since I had done this, but it seemed to do more than just hurt.

It weakened me.

Was I really dying?

Oof. Never mind.

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