THE BEAST’S CURSED SLAVE
The fire was giving way to frost, a spreading paralysis that stole her breath.
Her pulse thudded in her ears, yet her limbs felt heavy and foreign. She could feel herself sitting there, but her body was no longer hers.
Across the table, Gorvane watched, still silent, his eyes gleaming as though he had been waiting for this very moment.
She tilted the goblet, allowing the remaining liquid to flood her tongue, and forced herself to swallow.
The fire inside her kept burning. Each gulp cut deeper, and she wanted to scream but could not.