Whatever had become of me, I did not know. All my strength had been drained, and my energy sapped as the light from around me disappeared into a fading blackness. I did not remember much after that point other than a desperate need to know that Wren was okay. I stirred with a startled jerk and an unknowing of where I was...
My whole body ached from limb to limb. I felt like I had been through the wars. Badly beaten. Yet there was not a mark upon me. I battled with all my might to drag myself to my knees. Feeling breathless, I took a moment from the sheer exertion of moving. Gasping for breath. What had happened to me?
