Throat raw and bleeding, she was screaming in pain and from the flood of memories slamming into her brain. Her whole body hurt. She was so very hungry. All the horrible things she had done... She was still bound by the cord wrapped around her middle and her hands and feet were still tied up. Panting, she looked up at Tristan, who was looking down at her, a question in his eyes. “It"s me,” she said to him. Arlie started sobbing and Nathan wiped tears from his cheeks. Tristan sighed in relief and let his head hang down low for a minute. She watched as his eyes shifted to a place beside her. She followed his gaze and found Raber"s white face. His eyes were wide and he was panting. “I told you that you didn"t have to worry about answering to me,” Tristan said to Raber. “But that"s not to

