A Broken Heart

ZINA

Buried under the bleeding mass of the black wolf, Zina was sure that she should be feeling pain as a result of more than one broken bones, and yet, her body seemed surprisingly fine. If anything, the only source of pain she was feeling was from her heart.

It felt like a dagger was twisting her at her heart leaving a gaping horrible wound. She stared blankly at the roof of her room while Seraph and Ablanch scrambled for her. The man that held Seraph captive had been put down by some of Marcus' men.

"Summon the healer," she heard Marcus say probably to a servant while the man gruffly approached her. Together, they heaved the wolf out from atop her and Zina briefly wondered if the wolf was dead in the same manner her heart was dead.

It didn't seem so if the fact that the feral thing was yet to shift back to human was anything to go by.