Aiden felt his vision had completely blurred.
The rules of the Wordless Code were struggling to maintain his body's skills, allowing his body to recover, but the damage caused by the double-edged sword of revenge was like a curse determined to drag him into the abyss of death and pain.
Being half-dead was the worst possible state under these circumstances; the resurrection power bestowed by Abigail seemed to activate at the moment of death, its passive effects at other times only slightly strengthening his healing ability while also making his blood exceptionally unpalatable to vampires.
Lack of oxygen made his consciousness sink into the darkness, and a bunch of fragmented, inconsequential memories inconveniently surfaced at this time, flashing through his consciousness like a slideshow.
