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Addie noticed this, rubbing her temples. "Don't be mad at Zad... I asked him to do it." She looked over at Zad, squinting as if staring at a...
"Please don't go," he said quietly.
"I need motivation," she replied, standing up and stumbling for a second, steadying herself against Sariel.
"No, Pen. You did what was best for you. You shouldn't feel badly about that."
After a few seconds, when she could speak again, she reached up and gently took his hand away. "Leave the headache," she muttered through a dry...
"No, don't worry. I don't blame you."
She relaxed, her wide, panicked green eyes looking at Sariel as he worked before they fluttered closed as he fixed her.
"I was so... God, Aspen. I was so lost without you."
She tried to speak again, but couldn't, her lips not allowing her to tell them not to worry. They would see that her head had been slammed down so...
He looked over at her suddenly. "Being without you makes me sad."
She shook her head for a moment, lying on the ground, trying to catch her breath after having the wind knocked out of her. Her head was splitting...
"Time, really."
He succeeded, knocking her out of the air and slamming her against the ground. She cried out in pain as her head was slammed against the ground...
He was quiet for a moment. "No. But I think I could be."
She opened her eyes, still covered in flames, and she looked at him for a moment before throwing fireballs at him.
"Yes, well... it happened."
She frowned, irritation ticking in the back of her mind. She embraced this feeling and allowed the flames to surround her, engulfing herself and...
"Seriously."
She took a deep breath, reaching out to try to burn the shadow monsters.
"Right. So you don't need to worry."