Cold metal bit into Laura's wrists. She opened her eyes slowly, her head pounding like someone had taken a hammer to it.
The chains around her arms weren't normal. They moved like living things. Black smoke twisted around silver links, making her skin burn where they touched.
She was sitting against a stone wall. The floor beneath her was ice cold. Every muscle in her body ached from the beating Elise had given her.
Where was she?
Laura looked around. Her heart sank.
The room looked just like the great hall back at Silver Moon Pack. Same high ceiling. Same stone walls. Even the same banners hanging from the rafters.
But everything was wrong and twisted.
The banners were black instead of silver. The stones were stained with something dark. And the whole place smelled like death.
It was like looking at her old home through a nightmare.
"Bastards," she whispered. Her voice came out rough and broken.
They'd brought her to a place that looked like home. Just to hurt her more.
Laura tried t
