'Wake up...' uttered a familiar voice in Will's mind, starting faint, nearly inaudible, before abruptly resounding like someone had struck his brain like a drum, shouting, 'WAKE. UP. NOW!'
With the power of Dominate pulsing through his body, Will startled awake as if something had shocked him. He instinctively turned onto his side and tried opening his eyes, but they were too swollen. His sinuses felt like someone had shoved sponges directly into his brain, and pain comparable to the worst he had experienced enveloped his head and radiated into his chest—fiery, deep, and pulsing with the beating of his heart.
