Lenora's Pov

"Stay away from me." She growled, her body quivered, and fear deepened in her eyes as she scrambled towards the edge of the wall in her cell. The rotten cage bars were the only thing between us, but something in me knows that the moment that barrier is taken away, one of us won't breathe anymore, and that won't be me.

A step closer to the bars, and her screech filled the air. Her cries and tears were all over the dungeon, echoing through the haunted and stained walls, but it ...