Chapter 170

**Cassandra's POV**

I coughed loudly as I laid curled up on the cold marble floor of the dungeon that I’d been chained to for days. Every movement made me feel the sharp sting that shot through my ribs every time, and even though it wasn't a physical pain, it was still incredibly painful.

I have tried all manner of ways to escape but they were fruitless. No matter how hard I tried, the iron cuffs remained in place around my wrists with no end in sight. I could barely move because of the heavy weight and the excruciatingly tightness of the chains binding me to the floor. My legs were so stiff that I couldn't bend them at all without feeling like I might die from the pain. And since there seemed to be no way out other than this, I had resigned myself to waiting.

I would have gone out if my powers had worked but I've been deprived of food for days, making me weak and my powers useless. Everything had happened so fast that I didn't know what to think.

When Xavier caught me trying to kill