Lucien's POV
My head felt like someone had smashed it with a rock.
I opened my eyes slowly, trying to remember what had happened. The yard. Aisla is floating in the air. Black vines are twisting around me like snakes.
Then nothing. I sat up too fast and everything spun. My body ached everywhere. Burns covered my arms and legs where those twisted plants had grabbed me.
"Easy there," a voice said. I turned and saw Dr Hayes, the pack doctor, putting away his medical bag.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"Your bedroom. Caelan carried you home three hours ago. You've been unconscious since then." Three hours?
"Where's Aisla? Is she okay?" Dr Hayes frowned.
"She's fine, as far as I know. Though I'm more worried about you right now. Those burns are unlike anything I've seen before."
I look
