Chapter 85: Trapped

The next time I wake, I'm groggy and can't feel my legs. It takes me some time to come fully to, to allow my wolf to heal me while I fight my patience and the need to weep and scream my rage and frustration into the empty room.

Andre took his time, with Jean Marc watching from the corner. The first light of day shone through the bars before I passed out this round. The last thing I saw was a sharp blade penetrating my abdomen, driving me, finally, into the quiet of unconsciousness.

Tingling in my feet reassures me the damage he did to my spinal cord is being handled. I turn over on my side and cough blood into the straw, my body chill and shivering. My wolf can handle a lot, can heal a great deal, but the weaker I become, the harder it will be for her to save me. I rest a moment, forehead itchy from the coarse bedding, before leveraging myself painfully up into sitting position.