Chapter 106

Searing pain woke Talin. It was unbearable, scalding, as though someone was poking her eyes a million times over without pausing for rest. She groaned.

"Is she awake?" someone asked. She recognized Xander's voice; deep, concerned, afraid.

"I don't think so," Ossi responded. Hers was a ragged voice. A rock tumbling from the mountain.

Talin covered her ears while attempting to kneel. Every sound, every word, was an explosion in her head— the voices of her companions,...