Jack
Pain. Raw, throbbing pain consumed every inch of my body. Each breath felt like fire in my lungs, and the metallic taste of blood lingered in my mouth. The cold floor of my cell provided little comfort as I lay there, trying to piece together the nightmare my life had become.
Beta David’s assault played through my mind in fragmented flashes. The fury in his eyes, the relentless strikes, the way his control had completely shattered. I’d seen rage before, but this... this was something else entirely. This was personal – the beating of a man they all believed to be a murderer.
Nina’s screams still echoed in my ears. The sight of her tears, the feeling of her gentle touch as she wiped blood from my face – it tore at something deep inside me. She shouldn’t have defended me like that. Sh
