Aveline was pulled back into the moment so abruptly that it almost hurt.
Yes. She needed to do something.
But first…
"You came back for me?" she asked, her voice soft with disbelief.
She had thought he had run. Thought he had fled when the danger became real. But he had returned. Right when she needed him most. Just like he had in the tavern. Just like he seemed to appear when she was about to break.
Aelion's clear blue eyes settled on her, and for a brief moment, that otherworldly calm on his face gave way to the faintest twitch at the corner of his mouth.
"How dumb are you?" he asked.
Aveline pouted instantly, displeased by the insult, but she did not have the luxury of sulking for long.
A roar tore through the corridor.
The creature had recovered from the lightning attack.
Not fully, but enough.
