Chapter 84

Lucas’s POV

8 Days Before the Execution.
Land of The Dead.

I woke up to pain. Not the sharp, sudden kind that made you scream, but the dull, all-consuming ache that settled deep into your bones and that can take life away from you. 

My wrists hurt badly then I saw that I was chained down to the cold and damp walls of a cave that stank of decay and old magic. Blood dripped along the side of my face. Every breath I took tasted of ash and sulfur.

At first, I thought I was dead.

Then the pain reminded me that I was very much alive. Barely alive.

I could barely hear myself breathing.

The chains were made of something darker and stronger than iron, they pulsed with a cold energy that made my skin crawl. My mouth was dr