Saige’s [POV]

A scream pierces through my head like daggers into my brain. I moan. I’d lift my hands to cover my ears, but I can’t move. My body won’t let me.

“You tell them, if they value anything in this world, they have tonight to say goodbye to it.” Rylan’s voice vibrates with rage, the prickle of energy—of fury—bringing me back to myself.

A black void snatched me away as Rylan stabbed a needle through my skin, but now it has let me go. Is that a good ...