Scarlett
I’m in pain when I wake up and also unsure where I am.
My body aches, especially my broken leg. My mouth is dry as well and tears are already prickling behind my eyelids. I don’t want to spend another second in this goddamned place, but I have to find Isabella.
I move while in pain and discover that there’s something warm and solid underneath me. Skin, not fur. I blink slowly, and it takes a moment to understand I’m lying on top of Rhodes. His human form. His arms are around me loosely, and his chest rises in steady, exhausted breaths.
The last thing I remember is vines. Screaming. Blood.
And Rhodes telling the monsters to slit their own throats in a voice that sounded like the devil himself had given the order.
I try to move, but the dull throb in my leg screams louder t
