Chapter NinePresent day
Raven awoke and took a deep breath, sucking in the cool prison air and feeling a blissful moment of peace before the memory hit him that he was still in Salverford. He dug his knuckles into his eyes to rub away the sleep and felt the blood rush into his eyelids, swirling lights dancing across his vision. Pulling on the loose grey uniform that he wore day in, day out, he avoided looking at the mirror, not wanting to see his reflection today. Maybe if he didn't see his image, he'd forget he was human. Maybe if he wasn't human, today wouldn't be so bad. He'd known that the dreams of her would come to him last night. How could they not?
Today, the horrors of his past and present would converge, and he was afraid he might drown in his own misery. He'd seen fights in Sa
