From His Shield to His Nightmare
That was the exact torment I’d been enduring for the past month.
“It’s ‘Blood Withdrawal’,” Elder Alaric explained. “A guardian’s sacred blood, especially Alaina’s, after a hundred years of blood pacts with you, has resonated with your soul and magic. It soothes your rage, purifies your power. Now that she has severed that source, your body and soul are paying the price for your century of ‘taking’.”
"It will torture you for the rest of your eternal life," Elder Alaric finished, his voice grim. "A constant reminder... of what you threw away.”