The upcoming scene is rated 18+ and involves blood and torture. Please skip it if you are uncomfortable.
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Cassian:
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One week earlier…
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I do not know how long we run.
We run until time blurs. Minutes, hours—I can't tell.
The broken bond throbs like a wound that refuses to close.
The forest grows unfamiliar. We've ventured into another territory. Kai slows at the sound of a twig snapping nearby.
He turns.
Then, a silver flash whistles through the air. A syringe pierces into Kai’s hind leg, and burning liquid floods our blood.
The world spins. Kai’s legs buckle. My vision darkens.
We collapse as the ground tilts and the world disappears into black.
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I wake up to darkness.
Cold. Wet. Rotting stone.
Silver cuffs bite into my wrists and my ankles with a sickening h
