Chapter 22. Captured

Noelle’s POV

I wake up on a cold floor in what must be a cell. I shiver from the cold and hold my knees to keep myself warm. My throat feels sore from all the smoke I have inhaled. Around me, there are cells as far as I can see but they are all empty. In front of me, there is a door with a heavy lock and a hallway that leads to stairs on the right. The lock seems too big to break and I can’t find anything small to pick it with.

I am trying to break off the lock when I hear footsteps approach. I hurry to the far end of the cell and make myself as small as possible. I see someone walk towards my cell and I could recognize those blue eyes from miles away, it is Gabriel.

“Good you are awake,” he says.

I stand up and look at him hatefully, “Like you give a shit.”

He looks me up and down and shouts to some servants that came after him, “Get her washed and ready.”

He turns around to walk away, “Wait!” I shout.

He slowly turns back to me, and