(Astrid POV)
Adrenaline rushes are amazing things.
In medical school, they teach us that adrenaline rushes can sometimes allow petite human females to lift large vehicles to save their babies, human males to jump extreme distances when trying to escape from a building fire, and werewolf children to shift far earlier than their 14th birthday if necessary to save someone they love.
Of course, the main problem with an adrenaline rush is that it is short-lived. And when the adrenaline begins to fade, reality takes over again.
I have never been someone who can hold on to her anger for very long, and so the longer that Kael and I yell at each other, the more that I can feel reality and my insecurities starting to work themselves back.
In fact, my "offer" to get on my knees for Kael was actually motivated by the severe pain in my body and the fact that I was not sure how much longer I could stand.
