Chapter 36
Blood flowed languidly onto the stony ground, leaching into hungry cracks in the rock. So much blood had been spilled in that spot it was incredible that it wasn’t stained permanently red. A trickle of sanguine fluid snaked its way toward the body that twitched and convulsed on the floor as it miraculously healed, blending with the sticky pool of blood already there. Twin rivers of blood, joining life and death together until just ten short breaths later, Dallmin woke refreshed and whole again. He bounced to his feet like a child waking up on Christmas morning.
Sadie slipped from Annie’s grip and Bane only barely grabbed the hilt in time as Dallmin gathered her into a tight hug.
‘What have you done?’ I sobbed, hugging them both. Somehow I refrained from knocking their heads t
