Chapter 26: Shattered Hope
SERAPHINA
My heart was pounding so hard I thought it'd burst right out of my chest. The court was filled with the blurry faces of…lords, alphas, and witches, all staring at me, their eyes hungry, disgusting, waiting for me to break.
I stood there, naked on that damn table, the cold air biting my skin, my body shaking like a leaf. Every inch of me felt exposed, raw, and vulnerable. And Caspian—Caspian—was walking toward me, his silver eyes locked on mine, that smirk on his face making my stomach twist.
He wasn't supposed to be like this. Not him. Not the man who saved me in the forest when I was fifteen, who gave me hope when I had none. He was my dream, my secret, the one I'd searched for, the one I'd been called crazy for believing in. And now he was here, in this hell, about to touch me, about to treat me like Draven did. Like I was nothing.
Hadn't just he told Draven to stop with his sick torture, or was all this part of his plot…
