Chapter 118: The Flame’s Kiss

Mara’s

Darkness. That was the first thing I felt when consciousness returned. It was a heavy, suffocating darkness pressing against my eyelids, feeling exactly like someone had painted thick black ink directly over my eyes.

Then the second thing hit me instantly—the blinding pain. A deep, relentless, throbbing ache pulsed intensely across the entire side of my head where Ella had landed her vicious punch. Every single heartbeat made the pain exponentially ...