CHAPTER SIX
My eyes are closing.
I can hardly keep them open.
Lucius has killed my mate.
I feel grief like I have never felt before.
I cry out, in pain.
My heart is broken.
I am broken.
I hear Lucius' laughter. It's echoing through the hall.
Suddenly, he grabs me.
"To think I was going to give you all the finest things," he sneers. "A room. Maids. Finery and jewels."
My mind is hazy.
I try to focus on Lucius words, but I am too weak.
"Now I am going to do something far more fitting," Lucius says.
"Get her," he roars.
Two servants appear out of nowhere.
They grab me.
"No!" I scream.
But the blackness is growing inside of me.
I feel myself slipping away.
I feel despair.
I am in the servants' arms.
This can't be happening.
I try to fight.
I try to get to Tanner.
To my dead mate.
To hold him.
But my knees are buckling.
I can't think straight.
My mind is whirring.
I look at Lucius.
"You monster," I choke. "You will pay for this."
He laughs.