CHAPTER 101 AMAYA

“Move! move, clear the way!”

“Careful.. don’t jolt her”

“I said clear the path now!”

The world blurred around me as they rushed me forward, the remnants of the battlefield fading behind us in streaks of noise and motion, but the war hadn’t truly left me.

it clung to my skin, to my breath, to the ache in my body as another wave of pain tore through me, sharper this time, deeper, dragging a strained sound from my throat before I could stop it.

“Amaya,” Alvaro’s voice cut through everything, steady, close and anchoring.. always anchoring. “Stay with me.”

“I’m here,” I managed, gripping his arm as...