The metal snapped under the pressure of my claws.Carter let out a low, panicked breath. “Don’t. Please. She’ll come back. She’ll hurt you…”“She already has,” I said softly. “But this time, I’m ready. This time I'm going to fight back and I want to challenge her using her own game.”I met his eyes,
Lysandra:The room was too quiet.Too still.This was going to be painful for both him and myself. I knew that him because it would be physical, for him it would be mental, and myself because I knew for a fact what it was to have to endure her pain. And I knew what it was to have to fight just to st
Delilah:I had my arm wrapped around myself as I walked outside, wanting to somehow manage to forget all of this.I pulled my shawl tighter around me. The breeze was gentle now. Clean. No blood in the wind, no screams underneath it. Whenever I closed my eyes, that was the only thing that I could see
Tatiana:To say that I was angry was an understatement. I was furious. And I was raging inside.The chamber was filled with silence, but not peace. It was rarely ever filled with the peace that I wanted to create for myself right now. It was just filled with me thinking, pacing around, and watching
Damon:I didn’t go back to the main house right away.I couldn't. Not after what I saw. Not after what I saw him go through, the struggle, the pain, his screaming, it just played in my mind.I stayed there, just outside the cell, watching Carter as he finally fell into a quiet sleep. His breathing h
Carter:It was dark again. And for a moment the damp cell did not feel as damp anymore.That same darkness that wrapped around my throat like chains, choking, suffocating, cold. But this time… she was clearer.Tatiana.It was cold, dark and I tried to move but I couldn't.She stood at the edge of my