Chapter 118:

Marcus looked like death itself had already claimed most of him and was just waiting to finish the job.

He lay in the healing ward with Theresa and two other healers working around him constantly, and every time I visited he seemed smaller and more fragile than the time before. The magical drain from Celeste's chains had done damage that went deeper than physical injury, pulling at his life force in ways that couldn't be easily reversed even with the best medical care Shadowmoon ...