Chapter 52

Anastasia

Nickolas drags my body on the floor using my hair. By the time he releases me, I’m surprised I still have hair on my head.

“Do it fast, Ava. The werewolf king’s army is stronger than we anticipated,” Nickolas says to a woman standing across the room.

“You don’t have to tell me twice. Tie her to the ground,” the woman, who I’m guessing is Ava, says.

Nickolas drags my body to the center of the room. He uses a rope to tie my body down to the ground. My legs and hands are spread wide open. Ava places candles all around me. She releases a ball of fire that spreads across the room and lights up all the candles. She begins to chant words the same way Ekaterina does every time she casts a spell.

Ava is a fire witch, but her hair doesn’t glow as she casts spells. I watch as her tongue moves fast as she speaks in a foreign language. The fire in the candles around me suddenly grows high, and meet