Avyaane’s POV

I didn’t realize how much timehad passed.

Minutes? Hours?

There wasnothing but the sound of my own heavy breathing and an occasional torches crackling in the dark. My limbs ached, the muscles screaming fromthe exertion, but I wasn’t going to fall.

Not in front of them.

I’d lost track of how many times Killian had taken me down,and how many times I’d clawed my way back. My limbs felt encumbered by lead, my sight a mess ofsweat and ...