(Audrey's POV)
I was suffocating. The silver-laced rope burned against my skin, making it impossible to access my wolf strength. My consciousness blurred at the edges, fading in and out like a bad dream.
All I felt was pain, a pain so intense I wanted to howl in agony. The silver poisoning crept through my veins, weakening me with every passing second.
And though I swore I'd never want anything to do with Arthur Moonstone again, in this moment, he was all I could think of.
"Arthur... Are you coming soon?... Save me..." My wolf whimpered inside me, desperate for its mate despite everything we'd been through.
The rope tightened further, cutting off what little air I could still draw into my lungs. Black spots danced across my vision. I couldn't tell how much time had passed—minutes or hours—as I hung there, suspended between consciousness and oblivion.
Just as I was about to lose consciousness completely, a bucket of cold water was dumped over me. The shock jolted me back to awaren
