Katie
I didn’t want to leave Shadow’s arms, but when his eyes closed, I reached for the nearby warlock. He lifted me just as Shadow crumpled to the floor.
“Oh, no,” I whispered. I hadn’t meant to whisper. I wanted to shout, but I literally couldn’t. I coughed to try and clear my throat.
I hated how weak and soft I sounded. I wasn’t weak. I wasn’t soft. But I hadn’t spoken in... too long.
The women down there with me didn’t want to talk. We barely had enough energy to stay awake, let alone chat.
“Is he okay?” I asked as the other men came inside with the women I’d shared the underground with.
The warlock who held me grimaced. “I’ve never seen Shadow go down like that. Even after fights that would have killed most men. What happened down there?”
The man who carried Nadine, the pregnan
