Chapter Sixteen
Struggle
Black.
Pain.
Dizziness.
Heat. Burning heat.
He couldn’t think, couldn’t see, feel. He couldn’t make out anything.
His ears were filled with a roaring sound. His skin felt aflame. He couldn’t speak or call out. He couldn’t feel his body, much less raise a hand.
His shoulder moved. No, someone moved it. He was rolled onto his side, but it was impossible to tell who was there. Or why. Why he was there…somewhere.
Voices. Hands touched him again. He couldn’t fight them, couldn’t protect himself, couldn’t…
Wryn.
Wryn. A face, distant and out of focus, floated in front of his mind’s eye. A beautiful face with strange but equally beautiful eyes, and framed with a wealth of glossy brown hair.
Wryn.
Wryn.Something about her…
His body was shifted. Lifted.
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