Chapter 241. A Darkness Inside

The outside wasn't much of a view at all. It looked like they were in the middle of some forest with nothing else around for miles. This was not the palace, it didn't look remotely close to the views from the palace. Doris went to the door and yanked on it as hard as she could, but it was locked too.

Panic coated her thoughts like a poison. She circled the room and touched every wall to see if there was a hidden door or vent she could crawl out of but-nothing. There was nothing, she was locked in here like a prisoner.

"Cordelia?" She whispered.

Nothing. No stirring, no presence, nothing. It felt like her wolf was asleep inside her again like it had been when she was injected with that drug-

Oh no.

Doris closed her eyes and tried to shift into her wolf form. She screamed for Cordelia in her mind, begged her to come forward and take over her body-but nothing.

Her wolf was gone for the time being, she was completely alone.

Doris hugged h