CHAPTER 008 RAVEN: Tired from the constant crying, I could no longer shed another tear. My voice was hoarse from sobs, and my body trembled from both the cold and the pain from the torture. But one thing has changed since several hours ago. One thing has shifted—my heart. I had wasted enough time hoping and wishing someone would come and save me. Mother and father had gone. My sister had betrayed me. And my mate had cast me aside as if I were nothing. There was no one left. No more father. No more mothers. No more twin sisters. And no more mates. If I wanted to escape this hell, if I wanted to live, I had to save myself. And save myself I will. I forced myself upright from the dirty ground and leaned against the stone wall, letting the cold stone numb my wound, and forced

