Lydia had passed out from pain for a moment but when she opened her eyes she saw Lyon smacking her face, forcing her to stay awake. Her head bobbed down as he hit her again. A struggled noise woke her again. Onyx’s jaw was unattached and around Lyon’s neck. The knife he had used to cut her lay at her feet. She slid down the tree and picked up the knife with her feet. She managed to get it to her mouth and cut away at the ropes around her shoulders. Once she was free, she fell to her knees. The pain was immense but that wasn’t the most upsetting thing. She felt strange like something had begun taking over her body, but she was regaining her sense of self. Her fingertips were numb and there was a buzzing in her ears she couldn’t shake out. Had it really almost worked, the crazy things he had
