I wake up coughing blood.Not a lot. Just enough to stain my pillow red.Damon's at my side immediately. "Sage? What's wrong?""I don't know." My chest hurts. Everything hurts. "I can't breathe right.""Get the healer," he snaps at someone. "Now!"The room spins. I can feel them through the bond. All three of them. Their fear bleeding into mine, making it worse.Too much. Too many emotions at once."Make it stop," I gasp."Make what stop?""The bond. I can feel all of you and it's too much. It's burning."The healer arrives. Old woman, sharp eyes. She examines me quickly."When did this start?""Just now. She woke up coughing blood," Damon says."Not the blood. The bond strain. When did that start?"We all look at each other."After the attack," Caius realizes. "She's been exhausted since then.""Because she killed for the first time while bonded to three Alphas." The healer looks at me. "You felt their emotions during the fight. All of them. Rage, fear, bloodlust. It overloaded your
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