Shadows.

It's not your typical darkness, where you have to close your eyes and wait for light. No. There were teeth on this one. I could hardly recall the sensation of air as it bit into me, held me, and choked me.

And I heard him in the darkness.

Rhys.

His speech threaded through the empty room that had turned into my prison, slithering like smoke.

"Little Alpha, you ought to have given in sooner."

With muscles I no longer had straining in a body I no longer commanded, I pushed ...