Chapter 182: Flames and Salvation

Elira

“Wake up, you stupid bitch!” Liora’s voice snapped across the clearing like a whip, sharp and thoroughly cruel.

The sound violently yanked me from the blurry edge of sleep, shoving my head back into a world of crushing pain. My eyelids fluttered open slowly. Thick rope bit deep into my wrists, rough and hot where it rubbed against my skin, anchoring me relentlessly to the ancient oak tree that had become my prison since the forest consumed me. My ...