CHAPTER 35 ARESIt hurt me to walk back into Hella’s room, open the cage, and willingly get back inside it. I wanted to see Aurora so badly, but I couldn’t let Marcel dwindle away like this. If we wanted to win this war, we needed someone from the inside. We needed Marcel and his strength. Since I had been out of the cage, my scars and the wounds on my body had healed significantly. Not entirely, but enough for me to feel like I actually had some of my innate strength back. As I listened to Hella’s footsteps down the hall, I cursed at myself and placed the chain around my neck again. I didn’t lock it on purpose, wanting to be able to get out of it as soon as I needed to. I refused to let Marcel go down like this. Hella walked into the room, dragging Marcel in with her. The burns on his

