Princess Cromwell and Her Six Brothers
His right hand slammed reflexively onto the cold, rough stone steps, barely preventing him from collapsing completely.
His fingers pressed hard against the unyielding stone, split open by jagged gravel. Fresh blood mixed with the already darkened, scorched bloodstains left by Heaven's Punishment, spreading across the stone in a glaring red that was shocking to behold.
He slowly crouched down, kneeling on one knee, the other hand clutching his chest tightly. The traumas left by Heaven's Punishment were still raging wildly within his organs. Every breath felt like countless red-hot blades stirring, slicing, and scraping inside his chest. Each expansion of his lungs brought tearing pain. A sick