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, the ringing in her...