Aftermath: Amadeus & Ariel
There was one thing Amadeus had yet to do and that was lie to Ariel. All of his secrets were always laid right out there for him. He wasn't about to start now to spare his lover even if he had been hurt. "I'm fine. The perks of being a warlock. That and with Mab taking up the barrier I was able to personally shield and knock aside anything that came too close."
It was no surprise they were all as depleted blood wise as they were. They had all flung around their disciplines without thought to themselves, all of it a shocking display and amount of power when one thought about. Even then it almost seemed like it hadn't been enough. And yet it had almost been enough.