"Strip her and put her in the containment cell."
The Elder's command echoed through the chamber as guards grabbed me roughly. I struggled, calling on my wolf, but the moment they fastened the crystal collar around my neck, all my power vanished. The familiar agony of crystals digging into my throat made me gasp.
"No," I choked out, feeling the silver-laced metal suppress my abilities completely. "Not again."
"Oh yes, again," the Elder said with cruel satisfaction in his ancient voice. "Did you really think we'd forgotten how to contain a Healer Alpha? We perfected these collars on your mother over twenty years. Every iteration was tested on her suffering. This one is our masterpiece."
They dragged me through corridors carved from mountain stone, Trent being hauled in a different direct
