The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and..

In the chaos, I saw him. Alastir stood near the front of
the Temple, just out of reach of the pulsating rage and
energy. I didn’t sense fear from him. Just acceptance as he
stared at me as if he’d expected this.
Alastir met my gaze. “I’m not the threat to Atlantia,” he
said. “You are. You have always been the threat.”
Pain exploded along the back of my head, so sudden
and so overwhelming that nothing could stop the darkness
from rushing me.
I fell into nothing.