"Liar!!" Claudius' voice echoed through the stone chamber. His face pressed close to hers and his lips snarled back from his shining teeth.

Katelina stifled a sob, and tried to free herself. He threw her to the floor again and she felt her body break beneath him. His voice was in her mind screaming shrilly; a sound to make her ears bleed. And then the pain came. Her body was enveloped in invisible fire and, her terrified screams filled her ...