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There was ringing in his ears and gravity dragged at his bones all of a sudden. He had never felt so heavy in his life. His father and his mate were speaking but the words were lost in static. Aventus blinked at both of them and tried his best not to sway. Their tones said more than their words did to him now.

When he was bid to stand, he did so with a grunt and tried to ignore the way the edges of his vision nearly collapsed inward. Adrenaline had given way to pain and soon pain would give way to hot and cold and he would shiver in Mosskeep until Arielle had tended to him and he could slip into a dreamless sleep.

He was still so angry with her for endangering herself by getting involved with Mahler, but he had no energy to start in on that now.