ELOISEIn the hours to come, I understood what pain felt like. Lyara might have casted a spell to speed up the healing but I felt the pain in real time. I grew very familiar with all the shapes of pain.Time faded away slowly and I withered in the dungeon. I had cried and now there was no tears left for me. I kept thinking of ways to get out of this. Soon, they would drag me outside again to whip me. I couldn’t remain stuck in this endless circle. There had to be an end to it. Sleep evaded me and whenever it came, it was haunted with nightmares, memories of Lyara and Olpheus, making love. How could he not know who I was? How could he stand beside her and remain oblivious? All my love for him had bled away. All that remained was my rage, swelling heavily in my chest, swallowing me whole until there was nothing left. How could he do this to me? My wolf was long gone, retreated into herself, distorted from the magic and pain. I didn’t call for her. I wanted her to remain in me, where s
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