David felt as though his entire body was being torn apart, while simultaneously being put back together.
The pain was so intense, that David thought the hero might be trying to kill him.
But there had been no sign in Cassia's face that she was planning on anything of the sort.
Rather, she had the same expression as earlier, as a teacher demonstrating something to a student.
The pain faded.
He felt a strange feeling on his skin, as though the air around him had become charged with energy, as though the air might rupture at any moment.
An unearthly howling filled his ears, as though a banshee was screaming with pain. A clap of thunder broke through the howl, and David shuddered.
David had closed his eyes tightly shut at the pain, and he slowly opened them.
He was no longer in the throne room.
All around him, was a barren landscape, carved apart by the screaming winds that blasted across the barren landscape.
