CASSIA’S POV: Two weeks had me on my knees repeatedly being flogged. I could no longer feel the skin on most parts of my back and while I couldn't feel the skin, I knew something else now resided there, but what was worse was the way Lucius shrunk further and further seeing me being tortured. He would repeatedly tell me how sorry he was and even though I never had the strength to reply, I always heard him and I believed it. Not a hand had been laid on Lucius but I, on the other hand, had whip marks that would stay for days and even when I thought they'd heal up and just leave marks, the sounds of the gates to the dungeon being opened gave me another different idea. As I laid on my stomach flat, trying my best to gather enough strength before anything happened, I tried to heal myself

