Chapter 144

Delaney

My entire body throbbed from being restrained in one place for so long until every part became numb. Every thought in my mind was centred around my pups, my mates, my nana, Elias, Nyra and my dad. Mostly, I tried thinking about the prophecy, trying to replay Maribel's words over and over again. Maybe I was missing something, or maybe the prophecy wasn't going to pass, because the dark witch and her disciples had me where they wanted.

"Good morning, sunshine," Carter spoke somewhere in the room, his voice carrying a tone of excitement that just rubbed me the wrong way. "Did you sleep okay?" I knew I was in a room because of the sound of the door opening and closing. The question was where exactly?

"Oh shoot, I was expecting you to answer; I forgot your mouth has been gagged," he mocked, his footsteps sounding closer and closer as he approa