Aria's POV:
"Kaael!" I screamed and it echoed across the throne room.
Everything around me seemed hazy. The guards shouting, the elders yelling instructions, the clash of steel as the traitorous guard was pushed to the floor, none of them mattered to me. All that mattered was Kael.
Though I held pressure against the wound, blood gushed through my fingers.
"No... no..." I said, my hands shaking uncontrollably. "You can't..."
Kael released a forced breath, his golden eyes never leaving mine.
"I'm fine."
I looked at him in disbelief.
"You're bleeding."
"Quite dramatic."
Even after taking a blade for me, he was still trying to make me smile.
"You nearly died," I said as fresh tears dropped down my face.
A shadow crossed his face.
"But I didn't"
I shook my head.
"Never do that ag
