Luke's POV

The light streamed in, filtered by the curtains and I woke up to absolute silence. It was like the world had suddenly become empty.

The last thing I remembered was not being able to move and Irene crying over me.

I remembered the first time I found her. She was just a young girl. Her father had tried to barter her off to pay his debts to me.

I brought her to the castle and told her she was not a captive and was free to leave if she wanted to. She didn't leave. She stayed and ...