Trigger warning! This chapter contains explicit torture, gore, murder, and psychological torture. Material that can be sensible for certain readers.
Readers' discretion is advised.
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Hope's POV
I woke up expecting to see Caelan, but there was a man in the same red robe as the woman. Who was he?
“Here,” he extended his hands; I looked at what he had.
“What is this?” I asked.
Were they trying to poison me?
“Water, drink quickly before he comes,” the man instructed and then looked behind his back.
Could I trust him? I wasn’t sure, but I had to.
I parted my lips, and he put the cup on them. I hadn’t had water for so long that I tried to move my hands so I could hold the cup, but that made me hiss in pain.
“Don’t move, and drink slowly. I will bring yo
