I woke up the next morning, aching in pain. I never wanted to wake up. I wanted to go back to sleep and dream about Dimitri. I could dream about him forever and I’d be content. I opened my eyes to find Dimitri in the room with me along with Devon. Devon was tied down to a chair too with a cloth in his mouth.
I felt so happy to see Devon alive. I actually had tears of happiness in my eyes to see him alright. I felt safer with him there even though he couldn’t do anything if Dimitri tried to hurt me.
I could tell Devon was also relieved to see me alive. I tried to communicate with him through our eyes, trying to tell him we could get through this.
“Now that Isabella is awake, we can continue.” Dimitri (the Shadow) spoke with his cold, distant voice. “Both of you are going to watch me murd
