ALARIC'S POV

"What happened?" I asked with my hoarse voice, slowly lifting my head from the soft pillow to sit upright, but it only made my head worse as I clenched onto it while groaning in pain and falling back on the bed. I struggled to see what was happening around me, but it only made it worse to see with my eyes. Without hesitating, I closed my eyes to soothe the sharp stinging pain in them while I caressed my forehead with my fingers, but nothing that I was doing seemed to be working. ...