Aria's POV

The wait felt like another form of torture. I had lost track of how long I had been locked up in this place.

Kale and Raven were the only ones I saw, when they brought food and water. Kale was the only person I could talk to, but Raven? She was a different story entirely.

I didn’t want to die, but the silence, the isolation, and Viktor’s words were eating at my mind, slowly driving me crazy.

But I wasn’t just sitting on my ass, waiting for death to ...