Frost's POV It had only been a day here in the Vampire territory, and I couldn't feel my body as I used to. These... examinations, these tests, these studies, they all seemed to take a piece of myself with it. I went through the most rigorous processes. I even lost count of the procedures done. They put me through it all in just a few hours—needles, incisions, cold steel, burning sigils, whispered incantations. I couldn't tell where science had ended and where magic was introduced. All I knew and felt was excruciating pain—constant, unforgiving, something I couldn't fight or escape. This was my decision. I was in the throne room, seated on the bare floor, trying to gather myself and ease my pains when I heard those echoing and haunting footsteps approaching. "You are... a very... complex man, or should I say... complicated," Morgana's voice tore through the silence, echoing in my ears. She sashayed through the open space, walking over to her throne. Her shoulders were bare and
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