Book 2. Chapter 1

Paige’s POV

I was alone in the dungeons right after Crystina was taken away. Tears rolled down my face as I clamped my hands together. Anxiety washed through me and crashed down in my throat. I bit down on my lips, stopping myself from crying but it wasn’t possible. I couldn’t handle my emotions anymore. I opened my mouth and the wails that I’d kept hidden surged out of me.

I held on to the railing of the cell room where I was kept and I began crying. I wanted to go with Crystina as they carried her out but it wasn’t possible. They didn’t let me go with her. They said it was better if I stayed behind rather than follow her. They thought I would run away, escape while they tried to save her but they were wrong, where am I even supposed to run to? Any plan to escape didn’t run through my mind for the several hours that I was there. That was because my mind and my brain weren’t functioning well.

I wasn’t a weakling, I’d never had to bow to anybody because my fa