Darkness swallows the cell whole, and for one suspended second, nobody moves.
Then chaos breaks loose in every direction at once.
Steel rings against stone. A guard shouts, cut off halfway through the word. Riven's snarl tears through the black, low and vicious, and something heavy hits the floor hard enough that I feel the impact through my bare feet.
"April, don't move," Jodan's voice, close to my ear, steady despite everything. "Stay against the wall."
"I can't see anything—"
"Neither can they." Eryx's hand finds my shoulder in the dark, grounding, certain. "Wolves don't need torchlight. Trust the bond. Trust us."
A blade whistles past close enough that I feel the air shift against my cheek, and I press myself flatter against the stone, heart slamming so hard I can feel it in my t
