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Hua
Stay awake.
Don’t let the pull of sleep overwhelm you.
Hua repeated those words in her mind over and over. She’d managed to keep her eyes open for two days now, but it wouldn’t be long before she couldn’t handle it anymore.
“Just give in.” The Nagi had been her constant companion in the prison cell.
Hua sat on the small bed inside the dark cell and pulled her knees in to her chest. The iron bars taunted her, and she wondered if the Nagi would be able to rip through them. She’d managed to keep the Nagi from shifting since they arrived in Dasha, but it was only a matter of time.
And then nothing could hold her back.
Hua unfolded herself and stood, crossing to the bars. She wrapped her fingers around the cool metal and called out to the guards. Luca made sure there were four of
