Dimitri's Pov
My mind was swimming, shifting between a conscious and unconscious state as my body tried to register what had just happened.
I felt my entire body burn and ache, like someone was pounding on it over and over with an iron-heated rod.
But slowly the blurs and fogs started to form. I turned over, groaning in pain, trying to catch my breath, but every inhale hurt.
After a few moments, when my vision finally cleared, I found myself on my back, Vale groaning beside me, and Giovanni crawling toward the room that was now engulfed in flames.
“MARIA!" he screamed, trying to get closer, but Vale grabbed his leg just in time and pulled him back as the floor groaned ominously beneath us.
"She's gone," Vale said, his voice quivering, crushing sadness and pity buried underneath. "Gio
