The muscles in his legs were toned and defined, but when his feet hit the ground, they appeared to simply give way under the weight of his body. "Levi!" She instinctively lunged forward, her hands outstretched to catch him, but Rohan grabbed her and hauled her back, letting Levi crash to the ground. She flinched at the sound of his body slamming into the stone floor, as if all his bones had shattered upon impact. He didn't move after he landed. He simply lay there on his back, one arm flung across his eyes to shield them, his chest heaving as he sucked in air, as if they were the first deep breaths he'd taken in decades. The chains were still wrapped ruthlessly around his arms, and she could see they were some kind of black metal, crusted after all the years below earth. Rohan swung again. His blade sliced cleanly through the chains with a faint whisper, and the chains clattered to the rock. Levi groaned and pulled his arms to his chest, cradling them against his body, his eyes squeezed shut.
