Chapter 18
~ Mirella ~
Two hours and nineteen minutes.
That's how much time had gone by since Gaius and his men bundled Kaelen to the dungeon like a mad criminal.
Two hours of growling and howling. Foundations shaking under us. Wall smashing sounds and metal bending creaks sending chills down the spines of everyone in the palace.
It was two in the morning. We were all supposed to be fast asleep by this time, but the heinous inaudible noises from the dungeon was enough of a nightmare for someone to experience.
Words were being whispered, but the fear carried those whispers like the wind. Everyone knew what everyone was saying, and it wasn't helping me shut my brain down.
I'd twisted and turned on the sheets that now felt like a bedrock. I forced myself up against Gaius's advice. The
