Lucian’s POV The cell reeks of piss, blood, and desperation. The holy trinity of pathetic nonsense. I stand with my arms folded, my face blank as the hunter inside throws himself against the bars for the fourth time in the last five minutes, screaming something about “diplomatic injustice” and “basic human rights.” His lip is cracked. His eye, swollen. One arm dangles uselessly from the shoulder I dislocated when he tried to claw my face. He should be grateful I didn’t rip his throat out like his buddies. Rock is beside me, chewing something that’s probably not gum. Elijah leans against the far wall, arms crossed, watching the hunter like he’s trying to decide whether to pity him or piss on him. “You know,” Rock says, his gravel-deep voice cutting through the air, “if he hits those bars one more time, I’m going in there to knock some sense into him. With a chair.” The hunter bangs again. Curses. Spits blood. Rock cracks his knuckles. “That’s it.” “Elijah,” I say, ignoring Rock’
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