54. Betrayal

Avalyn

I forced my eyes to open. I couldn’t let him win.

Suddenly, like a surge of power had burst through me, I jerked my head to the side, tearing off the man's head. It fell off his shoulder and rolled to the side.

"Ava..." Dimitri whispered, his voice in unimaginable pain.

Tears flowed down my cheeks as I crawled to where he lay on the floor.

There was a huge hole in his chest. I could see most of his insides. He was going to bleed out before his wolf would be able to heal him. I needed to help him.

I concentrated on healing him, but my entire body ached and my head throbbed. I couldn't concentrate. Not anymore.

I had used all of my energy to kill the vampire.

"H-help." He coughed out blood.

I sobbed seeing his condition and forced myself to focus. My head felt like it was going to burst.

There was no improvement to his wound no matter how hard I tried. I could hear his heartbeat slow down.

He is dying....

"I can't," I cried.

"Ava," I heard Nikolai's voice and my head