Chapter 39. Slipping Away

I sat there... still, for I don't know how long.

No one came into the cell.

No one to interrupt the silence.

Still, I couldn’t tap into my core energy. Only a sliver was able to escape whatever drug they kept injecting into my system — but that didn’t mean I’d stop trying.

With my eyes still shut, I forced myself to picture everything worth surviving for — everything I needed to fight for.

Aries came to mind first.

The way his face and eyes soften when they land on me...

Then Maron — the burning urge to avenge her death, to make them pay for cutting her life short.

Then Julian, Rose, Lily... the Banished warriors... the entire pack.

I felt it — the energy rising from deep within me.

"You're pushing yourself too far, Rex," Ria warned softly, but I ignored her.

I was finally making progress. I couldn't stop now.

Darkness had already swallowed the sky.

Perfect. The night