As they walked down the long hallway to her fate August did her best to not break down. She was worried about Gideon, which was laughable considering he was in the same pack as these demons, but she couldn’t help but feel her heart soften. He had fought to save her from this very future.
“Can’t I just stay with you?” she whispered to Senna.
The young man paused and turned towards her, his brown bangs almost obscuring his eyes. “I can’t do that. Nathan ordered this.”
“Do you have to do everything he says? Adon is going to try to kill me.” Tears started to well again and she dashed them away. This was no time to devolve into hysteria. “Please, I don’t want to spend one minute with that mad man.”
“I wish I could,” Senna gave her such a sad smile she felt her heart break. “I don’t want an
