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Landon's energy well had collapsed and rebuilt itself more times than he could count. Each time it came back smaller than before, but there was something tougher about it now. It was as if the life force holding it together had fused into the foundation.The pain never let up. It went through his body and his soul, through muscle and bone, tearing at every inch of him over and over. He bit down on gums that had no flesh left on them, and when his jawbone cracked, he still didn't make a sound. He shoved all the agony, exhaustion, and despair down as far as it would go. The only thing he held onto was Aria. She was the reason he was still breathing, and that was all he needed. He could feel her from a thousand miles away. Her worry, her fear, the way she missed him so badly it had sunk into her bones. That connection between them held him like a line tied to his soul, and every time he came close to slipping away for good, it pulled him back. The spring in the sanctuary had turned