~ 8 DAYS TO EXECUTION~

Lucas’s POV

~LAND OF THE DEAD~

I woke up to pain. Not the sharp, sudden kind that made you scream, but the dull, all-consuming ache that settled deep into your bones and that can take life away from you.

My wrists hurt badly then I saw that I was chained down to the cold and damp walls of a cave that stank of decay and old magic. Blood dripped along the side of my face. Every breath I took tasted of ash and ...