Aelin

Her duel coloured eyes settled on her brother, he fought but he was calm. Either he would save them or together they would perish on this day. Aelin stopped creaming and simply settled for quiet sobbing. "I love you Hawke." Her voice rattled out these last words shakily but that was how the girl would like to end, with nothing but love on her mind. The demons running through her thoughts would not defeat her...although the physical battle was well and truly lost. Hawke always had her back and even in death he would stay with her until the very last moment. Having sunk chest deep she raised her eyes and studied the world above her, the brilliant sky and the sun that had blessed their very existence. Still struggling to breath with shaking breaths, Aelin closed her eyes and allowed an acceptance to seep through her body. This was the end but at least she and Hawke were together. 

Having stood there with her eyes closed she had not seen the fight her brother began, did not hear him struggling against the grasping hand of death. It was his roar of power, the fury and absolute desperation that exploded from him. Aelin's eyes snapped open, she had a split second to gasp and stare at Hawke before the magic exploded from him as well and Aelin was hit with the full brunt of his ability. Suddenly she collapsed against the group, her bones no longer able to support her weight. A scream of horror pierced the air, it was all becoming too much. The earth caught her in it's hard gasp, she could not even struggle to lift her legs out of the earth that still held on to her limbs. Feeling the touch of hot brother she whimpered, still praying that the strength would return to her soon, it was as if her bones had been sapped of all their strength, they'd become old and useless. "Hawke." Her voice was raspy from all of the screaming. "Help me." With her vision blurring whenever she tired to move she simply waited for her brother.

"Help me." The girl whispered again, staring out at the Throat. Rugged breathing while pain surged through her body. It felt like any movement would cause her bones to shatter, all that needed to happen to break her legs was a slight wrong movement. 

It was not Hawke's fault, he had not meant for this to happen. Surely he would figure out a way to fix her? He would be able to reverse whatever he'd done to her body and she'd be as good as new. For Aelin he brother was the answer, whatever she needed, whatever happened, Hawke was the constant that she always returned to. There was no doubt in her mind that this time would be no different.