A

me to in

ast it wasn't a bucket. She stared at the thick iron bars, preventin

being held in a c

cell like some commoner? He hadn't even taken his time to place her on the

dropped her on it. If he had, a landing on

to dust the dirt from the ground off her body, but there was

she could see, came from the window of her cell. Other than that, it was complete

fore it could consume her. There was no reason for her to wo

ally think that he could hold her here against her

a cell, but where was this cell? Where had

e of the few people she knew that actually hated killing, but still did it anyw

cause she hd perhaps kill

s sister? Because he was too fa

rl actually was his sister, then he wou

had

's face when his hand had been severed from his body. He had been in so much pain that he ha

what he did to Ariti. Did they? She didn't know, and t

tely going to regrow the hand that he had lost, but that wouldn't be what woul

e

it. She had been taken against her will. But an angry Ariti was an unsta

ng anchorin

needed t

e fuck are you, coward?" When there was still no

h her, filling her body until she knew that channeling it, would caus

ot out towar

th

d again, this time

l no

the

She straightened, checking to make sure that her red cloak was sti

the huge corridor that led to the cells. Apparently, her cell was just one out

e dark talking to her, and she

and helpless.

outside her cell, but he didn't say anything. He just stood there in the dark. The onl

eak first. Asking him who he was would prove futile, seeing as Arit

red her question w

ll is happen

still existed. It was deep and a bit scratchy around the edges. She hate

r her body to check if anything was wrong with her at the last minute

t Maria wouldn't al

to get out

somehow making it sound ten times more omi

picked a lock of her hair and stared at it, terror gliding

was turni

omehow dropped her glamour spell when she pas

used to be. Her glamour was wearing off for some reason. And she h

he hadn't been able to bl

ice to come out harsher than she had intended. It was not a smart idea to piss of

r a bit. "You'll find out soon enough

to leave her. He couldn't! He simply couldn't leave

treating back. "You can't l

mmanding h

you're used to, but it

didn't sit well with her

you mean 'for no

r with a smirk that promised everything evil, but still didn't detract from hi

and slammed the door shut

nded on-were failing her. She had been abducted by perhaps the mo

orse, to torture her until he

ell and her glamou

d in the worst

were now a stark black. It felt alien to have black hair anywhere outside of her bedroom back at the palace.

it was di

wning, she felt the metal around her neck. She hadn't been wear

ld when she real

d bet her life that it

had put

n she had not been able to fall the

collar on her to n

t she was even in more trouble