~~ANIKA VALERION~~

~~THE ECLIPSE PACK~~

I’d known pain before, but this was in a league of its own. A burning ache radiated from my shoulder, crawling down to my ribs.

 

The cottage was dark, thick with the copper tang of my own blood. I slumped against the kitchen table, my vision blurring at the edges. At the last second, I’d managed to give Conor the slip by kicking dirt into his eyes. Elias had found me just in time and hauled me back here.

 

"Hold still," Elias murmured. The boyish grin was gone, replaced by a focused calm. He was tearing a sheet into strips with blood-stained fingers. "You’re lucky...