Chapter 73

Elise felt a deep, sharp pain in her temples. She tried to stretch her arms to touch them, but she felt that she was immobile and unable to move.

Her throat felt dry, and her eyes felt crusty and painful as she opened them. She tried to open them, but one eye was closed, shut, and swollen from the fight.

Her eyes opened up as she shot up from her lying position. The cold ground and dark cell room felt all too familiar; she felt like she couldn’t breathe. From the bad memories she has of being locked up and the poison roaming in her system made her shiver.

She recalls what she learned, and that Kaide was lying to her and betraying her all along, he fed her sweet lies she wanted to hear; he put her here, and Rygan must have agreed; he put her in this cell and locked her up. How could they do this to her?

The silver chains on her arms and ankles wear down her strength as she can barely even sit up, and worse, she feels a metal mask covering her mouth; she feels