From His Shield to His Nightmare
I lay on the cold ground, listening to the sizzle of residual shadow energy eating away at the trees, and the sound of my own fading breath.
Then darkness took me.
When I opened my eyes, I was in the clan’s secret healing chamber.
“You’re awake,” said the elderly physician, Elias, checking my pupils. “You’re lucky. Marcus pulled you from the site just before the main explosion.”
“Where’s Cedric?” my voice was a rasp.
“The Lord is with Princess Elsie,” the physician said, pausing. “She was quite frightened.”
My real wounds, her phantom fright. So precious.
I closed my eyes, swallowing the bitterness.