Xander's POV
I woke to the sound of alarms screaming through concrete walls and my head felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it. Everything hurt. My ribs were on fire where Thorne had kicked me. My wrists burned from something cold and metallic wrapped around them. When I opened my eyes, the world tilted sideways for a second before settling into focus.
I was in a cell. Grey concrete walls. No windows. A single flickering light overhead that made everything look sickly and wrong. My arms were stretched above my head and chained to the wall with silver manacles that bit into my skin every time I moved. The metal was burning me. Actually burning. I could smell my own flesh cooking where it touched the chains.
"Nice nap?"
Kade's voice came from across the cell. He was slumped ag
