Elena POV

Inhale.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Exhale.

It definitely wasn’t fear burning in my veins as I forced myself to breathe through my nose, even as mind numbing pain travelled from my chest, to my arms, to my spine.

It was something else. Some unnamed emotion that had the power to swallow every last bit of reason within a person’s mind.

To consume them until there was nothing but an empty shell left.

‘Now would be a good time to call Draven, you know.’ Lara said airily with the tone ...