They were going to kill her.
Jess bit back her whimper, not wanting to give the men who held her, her arms twisted painfully behind her back, the satisfaction. Dropping her head, she let her hair cover her face and squeezed her eyes shut tightly.
She’d been dragged into the main hall of the villa a few minutes ago to find it packed with warriors. The furniture had been cleared to the side to make room for them all to stand in lines, like they were in church. Forced to her knees on the hard stone floor in front of them, Dvarr stood a few feet away, chanting.
She winced as she moved, trying to clear the rubble and dirt digging into her knees. Lifting her head, she looked around. The floor hadn’t been swept, and the cobwebs gathering in the corners of the room said the villa had been unliv
