Chapter 56 The Weight Of Survival

• The stallion was dying beneath him.
• Kaden felt it in the way the animal’s gait had gone uneven, the way foam mixed with blood dripped from its mouth. He’d pushed it too hard, ridden it past exhaustion, but he couldn’t stop. Not yet.
• Alina was slumped against his chest, her body cold and limp. Every few seconds, he pressed his fingers to her neck, checking for a pulse. It was still there, weak as a whisper, but there.