“Then select me. Select to torture me. She doesn’t deserve this.”

“You pathetic excuse for a person. What has she executed to you? The Ladon I knew would by no means beg. By no means plead. What occurred to the sturdy warrior revered by all of Lourova? What occurred to the highly effective commander whose armies would’ve adopted to their demise? Certainly, this depressing man earlier than me isn’t that Ladon Castelli.”

I didn’t have a retort for her. I didn’t know what spell Emilie had forged on me. However I didn’t remorse it. I could possibly be each a loving companion and a fierce warrior. She hadn’t made me weaker. She made me stronger.

I took one other step and grunted with the hassle it took. Reyna laughed earlier than elevating her whip and slicing down my chest.

Searing scorching ache erupted as a gash appeared proper within the middle of my chest. One lengthy line from my sternum to proper above my stomach button. Just like the lashes she’d given Emilie, the warmth of the lightning sealed the wound, however the ache remained.

It took my breath away. It was like little bolts of lightning had been nonetheless touring beneath my pores and skin, burning my insides despite the fact that they might not be seen. They unfold from the preliminary gash, coursing by means of my muscle tissues and bone till they fizzled out. Even then, my entire physique ached and trembled within the aftermath. And that was just one lash. If this was what Emilie had felt…gods, my coronary heart break up in two for her.

Reyna snapped her fingers, and the door to her room opened, permitting her two guards to enter. I used to be too dazed to listen to her converse, however I discovered myself being dragged out of the room by one among them, whereas the opposite picked up Emilie’s limp kind.

I reached out for her. I even tried to drag at my magic, however I used to be too weak. It wasn’t sufficient to save lots of her. My lips moved, however I used to be unable to make a sound. “Emilie.”

Chapter Thirty-Six

Emilie

My eyes had been swollen and heavy, however I managed to open them. I blinked a number of instances earlier than actually seeing. I didn’t acknowledge my environment. The ceiling hung low and was lined in stalactites. I used to be nearly sure if I stood, I might contact it. Wanting round, I solely observed one mild hanging apart the door. It was so dim; it didn’t even attain the far corners of the room.

I attempted to take a seat up, however my physique revolted. Each nerve in my physique was on fireplace, simmering whereas my blood boiled. I couldn’t combat the exhaustion, so I sank to the ground once more. The ache lingering on my again jogged my memory of how I obtained right here.

Reyna had attacked me. Viciously and repeatedly. I might solely bear in mind bits and flashes. I’d been unconscious for a lot of it, however what I did bear in mind was vivid and terrifying.

I’d thought I used to be going to die. The ache was all-consuming. And the anger in her eyes—I assumed she would possibly burn a gap by means of me simply from the look alone.

One factor I didn’t bear in mind, nevertheless, was how I’d gotten to this room.

I appeared round once more, head falling to both facet as I lay susceptible. There was nothing on this room. No mattress. No connecting toilet. No home windows or perhaps a dripping grate within the ceiling. Solely a darkish room with 4 darkish black stone partitions carved proper into the mountain itself.

The air was freezing. It chilled me proper to the bone, and I assumed we needed to be deep into the mountain. A shiver rippled by means of my physique, however I didn’t have the vitality to rub my arms and attempt to restore a number of the heat I used to be so desperately lacking.

I groaned. My tongue was dry and swollen. Like I hadn’t had something to drink in fairly a while. How lengthy had I been out? Hours? Days? There was no method of realizing. I wanted water. And possibly meals too, although I had no urge for food. My abdomen was so knotted; I couldn’t dream of consuming something at that second.

As soon as once more, I attempted to take a seat, however my arm gave out and I slammed again into the ground. Closing my eyes, I let exhaustion overwhelm me.

The sound of stone scraping towards stone tore me from my deep sleep. I appeared to my left simply because the heavy door slammed shut.

“Wait,” I rasped, however there was no level. Whoever it was wouldn’t have the ability to hear me by means of the thick barrier. I sighed and let my head fall to the facet.

That’s once I observed a small platter sitting on the ground. With a lot problem, I managed to take a seat up and crawl on my fingers and knees to the meal I’d been given.

My shoulders slumped once I noticed what awaited me. A small cup of broth, which was room temperature at greatest, and a glass of water that I used to be in a position to drink in three gulps. By the point I’d completed, I used to be hungrier and thirstier than I had been to start with.

I leaned towards the wall and hissed because the cool stone met my again. Extra flashbacks hit me, and I remembered that I hadn’t been sporting my garments throughout Reyna’s assault. However now I used to be sporting a skinny white cotton shirt and black leggings. I hadn’t been given socks although and my ft had been freezing towards the icy ground.

Reaching round, I attempted to really feel the injuries on my again. My fingertips met easy pores and skin, prefer it had been melted and solidified with out pores or wrinkles. I couldn’t discover the mole on my shoulder that I’d had all my life. Each small mark that made me human was gone, abandoning deep ridges and glossy pores and skin.

I felt dizzy and sank to the ground once more earlier than I handed out.

Every time I closed my eyes, my desires had been worse than the final. They began off regular sufficient. Often with Ladon in some compromising place. Ladon along with his fingers in my hair. Ladon along with his head between my legs. Ladon whispering naughty issues in my ear…

However then they abruptly shifted to uncomfortable territory. A crowd gathered round us. Strangers watching me. Unfamiliar fingers touching me.

Cyrus appeared too, his eyes lingering on his brother earlier than turning to me. My cheeks flushed, and I threw him an apologetic look. I whispered, I’m sorry, however he shook his head and walked off into the shadows of my thoughts.

My mom appeared too, and I requested her to save lots of me. I begged her, however she checked out me with such disappointment. She appeared to say that this was the punishment I deserved for letting her down. For not dwelling as much as her expectations.

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