Chapter 82

The instant her eyes opened, Neivayka sat straight up in a panic, ready to fight. Her gaze darted in every direction, trying to find the source of her anxiety until she remembered it wasn’t an external threat. She recalled the sensation of the Shadow crawling under her skin and the power it held as it slowly took over her body. She began to pat herself down as if she could find the millions of spiders and kill them before it took control again. Only when she was certain the threat had passed; did she take in her surroundings.

She had expected to be stashed in a deep, dank corner of Lorimer’s dungeon. However, despite the moss-covered rocks and obvious dirt that stuck to every wall, the place she was in seemed to be a lot cleaner than the cells that she had seen.

“Ah!”