I hear Carson yell, “Jace! Please don’t do this. You are better than this! There must be a better way.” With each blink, Jace gets closer to me. “Jace! Please! No! Please!” He growls right next to my ear. I turn away from Jace and look at Carson, giving him one last smile. ‘Let the Moon Goddess greet you on the other side.’ I lose consciousness. I wake up and scream when Jace sinks his teeth in my neck, masticating me and secreting more of his deadly toxins through all my body. Without any strength left, I shift back into my human form. He still has my throat in between his jaw, digging his canines in on both sides of me. My body went limp under his control like a chew toy. He lifts me up by the throat with me dangling in his grasp and throws me across the pit. I smash

