Chapter 78

(POV - Caroline Brennan)

I don't remember how long I lay on the ground.

Maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours. My consciousness faded and reappeared several times. But I can feel the vibration of the feet of several people running towards me, with difficulty I open my eyes again to see.

Dimitri bent over me, I could faintly see him open his mouth to scream but I couldn't hear his voice. An angry and worried expression appeared on his face. His black blue eyes were so dark that they were almost the same color as black.

Why did he make such an expression? I thought amidst the pain I felt. For a moment I remember Alex's face. He would have put on the same expression Dimitri had now if he saw me in this condition.

Dimitri stretched out his arms to hold me but I lost consciousness again as an intense pain coursed through my back and through my body.

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The pain is confusing.

For amoment Ifelta burning heat up my spine and then a chill that made me sick. Then I lost my senses again, but I