10-Thorne/Xeros POV
As much as being flogged with an inability to heal, hurt...seeing her humiliated hurt more. Her face crumbled and she looked defeated. I desperately wanted to run to her, to break the chains of my captivity and kiss her, shield her body and rip Stones throat from his body, but Xeros was no where to be found. Their poison had effectively cut off my ability to communicate with him or to shift. I couldn't even feel him anymore and all I could do was wish that it wasn't permanent.
Footsteps trudged down the dungeon stairs, slow and heavy, bouncing off the walls. Trying to crane my head to see who it was, the chains held me tightly bound. A small voice came from a corner cell.
"Its Chad." She said.
I c****d my head. He put a woman down here? What did she do?
"Who are y
