"Let's see if we can bring you back, Little Ember."
But just then I felt the world spinning.
"Cough…"
My vision blurred.
For the first time since the fight had begun, I felt it—truly felt it.
The weight of my injuries. The unbearable strain on my body. The sheer toll of everything I had done.
And then—
My legs buckled.
THUD.
I stumbled, my knee hitting the cracked ground beneath me, my breath catching in my throat.
Ah.
I exhaled, tasting blood.
I guess I pushed myself a little too far.
Now that the fight was over, now that the battle had ended, my body was finally demanding what I had ignored—
The shattered bones.
The one eye I could no longer see from.
The gashes, the blood loss, the fire burning through every nerve.
Everything hit me at once.
Tch. Annoying.
But—
I forced myself to move.
Because after doing all of this, I couldn't exactly sit here and die, could I?
I gritted my teeth, dragging myself toward her.
Toward Aeliana.
