SERAPHINA’S POV

I wake up from losing consciousness after being captured, awakening into nothing but pitch darkness around me, with every square inch of my body aching terribly.

The sores and cuts from running through the bushes barefoot at night, and the cut on my cheek from Alice.

Perhaps the one inflicted by someone who was once a friend hurts even more than the rest. The cut on my cheek and the bruises to my heart after they sent me away, knowing I had nowhere else to go.

I want to be ...