Mary's POV
The transport drove for three hours before stopping. They'd blindfolded me after loading me in, but I counted turns, estimated distances, tried to maintain awareness of where we were going.
When they finally removed the blindfold, I was in a stone corridor that looked like it had been carved directly from mountain rock. Armed guards flanked me on both sides.
"Move," one ordered.
They marched me deeper into the facility. Past cells holding other prisoners. Past laboratories where I could hear screams. Past guard stations and checkpoints and layer after layer of security.
Finally, we reached a large chamber that looked like a throne room. And sitting on an actual throne was a man who could only be Archon Shade.
He was younger than I expected, maybe forty, with perfectly styl
