Author's pov
Just as the words left Pierce's mouth, a sharp pain erupted in Becca's throat. The chains around her hands tightened so much that she had to scream. Her feet hung inches above the floor, and she had never felt so powerless.
On the other side, Melissa was not doing any better. Pierce curled her fingers by her side between them as though she were holding on to an unseen rope.
Something about her younger sister being tortured just like she was—by their mother, no less—made Becca snap. She ignored the intense pain and cried out, "Mother, stop!"
To think that this was the person they refused to give up on, the person she went through the risk of bargaining with the alpha just to reach. How naive she was.
Christina found herself screaming at the pain in her expression. "What a
