Morning came quietly over Kieran’s territory but inside the healer’s chamber there was no real sense of peace because the weight of everything that had happened still sat heavily over every breath and every thought.Darius woke slowly to the faint light filtering through the windows and for a few seconds he simply stared upward trying to steady himself against the dull ache spreading through his body.Pain greeted him immediately.Not sharp enough to stop his thoughts but constant enough to remind him of everything he had survived.He shifted slightly and the movement alone pulled a strained breath from him.“You should not move too much yet.”Seraphina’s voice reached him softly from beside the bed and he turned his head carefully to find her already awake and watching him with tired but relieved eyes.“You are still here,” he murmured.Seraphina almost smiled.“You keep sounding surprised by that.”Darius studied her quietly for a moment before his gaze lowered slightly toward where
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