Jaiden stared at Ava, who was lying on the ground in a pool of blood. It had been hours since they were brought down here by the other vampires and Ava had been cruelly tortured, but he hadn’t seen Aki. Jaiden felt a bit betrayed that Aki, whom he had somehow felt like he could trust, would eventually throw them into this dungeon to be tortured. It was as if he was really just taken good care of before because Elara was here.
But more than Aki and Elara, Jaiden was currently more concerned for Ava. He could still remember vividly how Ava volunteered herself to be tortured in place of him. How she willingly subjected herself to torture that was good for two people just so he could be spared.
Of course he didn’t want that. He didn’t want to be tortured, but it was better that than
