Chapter Thirty Nine

I woke up in a dark, unfamiliar room. The first thing I noticed was that I had been tied to a bed. The place smelled familiar, but I couldn’t place it all. I tried clearing off my foggy mind and remembering all that had happened and why I was here, the harsh memories flooded in—the blood, the brutality, the danger. It all flooded back in.

Where was I?

There was a figure in the darkness; I could tell. The room was dark, but there was a dim light illuminating the wide space.

“Who is there?” I questioned, and the figure walked closer, close enough that I could see all his features and every single detail of his body. The blood wasn’t there anymore, but that didn’t make him any less scary. Thane stood before me, his eyes still those dark orbs they had been in the judgment room. Was he going to harm me? There was another figure seated on the couch, one I didn’t notice earlier. Axel.

“Where am I?”

“Where do you think?”

“Let me go.”

"No,” Thane responded.

“How could you do that to them?”

“Th