CHAPTER 41: Before the StormKieran's POVThe dungeons beneath the castle were cold, damp, and utterly without mercy. Exactly as they were meant to be. I descended the stone steps slowly, each footfall echoing off walls that had witnessed centuries of suffering.Marcus had wanted to accompany me, but I had ordered him to oversee preparations in the courtyard instead. What I needed to say to Elena required no witnesses."She still has not spoken since we brought her down," one of the guards had reported earlier. "Has not eaten. Barely drank the water we gave her."Good, I had thought then, let her feel the weight of what is coming. but now, descending deeper into the earth, I was not so sure. The bond pulsed with a mix of her emotions and mine, tangled together until I could barely tell them apart. Fear. Resignation. Dread. And underneath it all, a profound sadness that felt like drowning.I reached the lowest level where the most secure cells were kept. Two guards stood at attention
Read more
LOGIN
