Chapter 11: The Unbroken
Kaia’s POV
I sat up, the stiff pallet beneath me groaning. The light from the barred window was weak — morning, maybe. Or evening. It was hard to tell time in a place designed to strip you of it.
My body ached. But inside me, something stirred — not pain this time, but awareness. My wolf, still distant but no longer silent. And the truth the Goddess had revealed still burned behind my eyes.
They’ve been feeding me wolfsbane.
I staggered to my feet, brushing hay from my thin shift. My head throbbed, but my mind was sharp now — for the first time in weeks.
They wanted to suppress me. Keep me from shifting. Keep me from feeling him.
I needed to act.
I stepped out of my small makeshift room, quiet but determined. My fingers brushed the hidden seam where I’d tuc
