CATHERINE’S POV
The pain in my head throbbed. the cold, rough chains around my wrists bit into my skin as I hung helplessly in the air. My body ached from the strain. My legs dangled uselessly, and my arms felt like they might snap under the pressure of being suspended for so long.
How long had they kept us here? Hours? Days? Time didn’t seem to exist here.
I had to tell myself the truth. They had won. Ann and my father had won. The war was over, and we had lost. The kingdom was theirs now—along with the power that had been my mother’s for so long. And now... now we were at their mercy.
I couldn’t help but panic. I had so many questions. What will they do with us? I thought desperately. Now that they have what they wanted, will they kill us?
I looked at my mother. Tears stung my eye
