The second my knees hit the floor, the current snapped off.
I collapsed forward onto my hands, gasping frantically for air as my lungs unlocked. The humiliation burned hotter than the electricity.
Drakon looked down at me, his face impassive. "If you try to run, or if you disobey me, I will shock you and keep amping it up until it puts you flat on your ass."
I forced myself to tilt my head up, locking my tear-stained eyes onto his. For a fraction of a second, as our gazes met, his crimson eyes softened, shifting into something that looked eerily like guilt. But before I could even process it, the expression vanished, replaced by cold indifference.
"Now stand up," Drakon ordered quietly. "Or crawl back to your cage, for all I care."
Refusing to yield another inch of my dignity, I pushe
