VAL Opening my eyes, I blinked into the darkness, disoriented. Nothing looked familiar, and my vision wouldn't sharpen. I groaned, realizing something was wrong. Reaching inward, I tried to feel Blaze, but I couldn’t feel my Lycan. Instead, a cold, hollow void sat where his presence had been, and for the first time in my life, I felt cold. I attempted to lift my head but choked as something bit into the skin of my neck, holding me down. That’s when I realized I was strapped to a metal table, and just then, a voice spoke. “It’s no use. The chains are bonded with magic. You’re only hurting yourself more by trying to move,” the voice came from the unlit part of the room, and I squinted into the darkness, trying to place it. There was something familiar about it, and blood ran colder. My lips moved, but the words died in my throat as just then, she came into the light. “Hello, Val,” Elysia entered the dim light, holding a bucket in one hand and a large knife in the other. “Elysia?
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