Chapter 99

Nicolas POV

Not even close

Not like I expected that, but the fact we were in this life and death situation together that should count for something.

The iron chains bit into my wrists with every step, the weight digging deep enough to make the skin burn. The soldiers flanking us moved in perfect rhythm, their masked faces unreadable as they pushed me and Viona deeper into the stronghold. The endless corridor swallowed us whole-walls carved from black stone, damp and faintly ...