Blaise
The sounds of the chains shifting above them and the shuffling of booted feet on the dirty cement slab they were on broke through the ringing in Blaise's ears. It had been hours since Blaise or Elijah had been allowed to rest. If either of them passed out, they would be woken up with jolts of electricity. Landon had spared them no mercy and, after each punishment, came a fight with one of Snowpack's soldiers that quickly turned into a beating.
For the first time, Elijah was picked up and separated from Blaise without a word. Blaise struggled to adjust his eyes to see around him clearly as the shuffling of feet died down, and he was left alone with Landon. Landon set a small wooden cup down on the floor in front of him. Blaise lifted himself up onto his elbow and looked inside to
