(Avalena's POV) What had just happened? I stared at the scene before me, disbelief playing through my mind. How did I fix this situation? 'Do we even want to stop this situation? What has he done for us, other than the torment and pain?' Sea demanded in a hard tone. I knew she was putting up a front. Mates would feel each other's pain, feel their deaths and, the few months after their death, you would feel a lingering ache that felt like it could tear you apart from the inside out. The pain was already taking over the reasonable side of my mind. I blocked Sea out, preventing her from feeling everything I was. I fell to my knees as a piercing pain shot through my body for the tenth time. Dante came to my side, pulling me into his arms. Our bodies rocked together, as he tried to sooth my

