She's losing blood.

Killian's POV.

I felt a strong wave of anger surge through me. If I could lay my hands on Aragorn right now, I'd brutally slaughter every bit of his body parts and feed it to the birds of the air.

He had abducted my kids and was using them as a means to manipulate my mate into killing me.

And thinking about it right now, this isn't entirely about killing me, he wanted to make Elena suffer as well. He was aimed at getting her traumatized for being responsible for the death of her mate.

"I thought I had gotten over you, and it would hasten the process, but I fell madly in love with you over and over, the moment I set my eyes on you again," Elena sobbed bitterly.

"Believe me, I wasn't going to do it, I had already made up my mind to find another solution to it, Killian, please you have to believe me," her eyes were filled with bare truthfulness as she spoke.

"And Darius? You can't say the same for him," I retorted.

"Darius was only carrying out the plan to save me and the children from