Chapter 123: What Refused to Die
Pain had reduced the world for Theo to fragments.
Stone beneath his cheek…his blood drying against his ribs. The distant roar of fire like a living beast. His body screamed at him to stay down, to surrender to the black haze crawling into his vision.
Every breath felt borrowed and every heartbeat felt like theft.
But then he heard his bunny's screaming and his own struggles didn't matter.
Even though it wasn't a scream of fear, but her statements forced by fury or maybe defiance?
Something inside Theo snapped upright like a wild beast.
His fingers twitched first, and then his jaw tightened.
His eyes opened just enough to see some people dressed in black and red moving around her.
Hands tore her clothes, and Argash was standing too close…far too close for Theo's liking.
Theo's heart kicked so hard it felt like it might split his chest.
'No…'
