Sebastian tried to catch his breath. He was quite thirsty and wasn’t sure how long he could go without water. He had surprised himself with how long he had survived with the torture and starvation. And each day that was the least of his worries. He could not stop the images of Elena being maltreated by Dimitri from his head. He always wondered what was going on. Had Dimitri succeeded in forcing her into marriage? The thought of it tormented him to no ends. He could not imagine the pain she was going through and it hurt that he has chained up, useless and irrelevant to her. Sebastian looked up to see the drunken guards asleep. Last night there had been jubilations of some sort of feast Dimitri had held, so the guards had treated themselves to as many bottles of wine they could get their h

