Pain.
It wasn't like anything Aurelius had ever felt before. Not the headaches that had plagued him for months. Not the broken ribs from training accidents. Not even the agony of the mate bond tearing apart.
This was something else entirely.
It started in his head but spread everywhere, racing through his body like liquid fire in his veins. His skull felt like it was being crushed from the inside, pressure building and building until he was certain his head would explode. His vision went white, then dark, then white again in flashes that made no sense.
He tried to scream but nothing came out. Jordan had done something to his voice, stolen it somehow, and the silence made everything worse because he couldn't even release the agony building inside him.
His previous headaches, even the w
