A new strength gotten from merely the sound of his voice soon overcame Aziza as she went numb with relief and happiness and passion. Her demons and beast felt the same way with her as uncontrollable tears came running down her eyes. It was no longer the tears from the pain she was feeling, but was rather from the sound of life that had slipped back into her arms, coaxing her back to reality, a reality where Damon lived for her. With a new strength, a new hope, a new beginning and the need to see him, she ignored the pain and burn within her and forced herself to rise to her feet. Each movement she made protested against her body time and time again and her knees came hitting the ground. The hunters didn’t let up as they fought to keep her down or make her unconscious. They gave her no spa