CLAUDE
I forced my eyes open, but darkness greeted me. My breath hitched, my throat growing tight from panic. A blindfold. They'd blindfolded me.
I sucked in a sharp breath, searching for a scent, something-anything, but all I inhaled was emptiness. There was nothing to smell. No smell of sweat, blood, or even the cold stone beneath me. It was like the air had been stripped bare.
I jerked in the chair, muscles straining as my wrists twisted against the cuffs. The sharp burn of silver hit me like a slap, sapping every ounce of strength I had left.
Silver. Of course, they'd use silver.
I swallowed hard, bile rising in my throat. It was like they knew what would weaken a wolf.
The groan of a door opening had me freezing. The steady sound of footsteps followed, soft and fam
