The clinking of metal echoes inside a dark and musty cell. The creaking of a rusty gate before it bangs to the stone wall wakes her up. Tired eyes stare at an old man stepping inside the cell before stopping in front of her.
"Hello, Cecil dear."
The old man looks at her matted face before taking out a handkerchief and wipes the dirt off of her face.
"Look at you, sweetheart. Dirty, hungry, and all alone. Left behind by your friends and family."
When they infiltrated his laboratory for a Fae, he knew that Theo was behind it. He underestimated his friendship with the twins but then after the failed rescue attempt, his most prized experiment had gone missing and the mastermind had left his goons to fend for themselves.
This lass didn't even fight when she heard that his brother was in th
