Bound to Four Alphas
The walls are carved floor to ceiling with the same split-crescent symbol from the note, repeated hundreds of times, like a chant carved in stone, some fresh and sharp-edged, others worn soft and pale with age, as if generations of hands had traced the same symbol over centuries.
In the center of the chamber, chained to an iron post, is Jax.
"Jax!" I rush forward before anyone can stop me, and this time none of them try. His head lifts slowly at the sound of my voice, one eye swollen shut, blood dried dark along his jaw, but he's breathing. Alive. His shirt is torn at the collar, and there are raw red lines circling both wrists where the iron has bitten into skin.
"April," he rasps. "You sho