Chapter 10

Adolfa POV

Adolfa’s body floated weightless in the darkness.

She didn’t know where she was—only that the pain had left her, and in its place, silence.

Then came the rumble.

Heavy footsteps.

Deep, guttural snarls.

Her lashes fluttered weakly. A light pierced the darkness, too blinding for her to fully open her eyes. But she could feel it—the cold, gnarly fingers curling around her ankles.

Something—or someone—was dragging her.

She was unconscious, yet her ...