A reassuring warmth filled my heart as I felt Vega stir awake in my mind. HELP! I cried to her. What can I do?? What can I say?? The post came closer and closer as they pulled me harder. I had to say something. Anything! “I am Elliana Gomez! Daughter of an Alpha, and you will suffer for YOUR crimes against ME by the goddess herself!” Even I heard it as an empty threat. A desperate attempt. The crowd erupted in a taunting laughter. Victor himself, smirked and held his arms crossed in front of his chest. Suddenly, the snapping and cracking of bones sent a ringing into my ears. I was in a new kind of pain. No beating, no punishment, not even the tournament could compare to the agony spreading throughout my body. Bone and tendons broke, snapped, realigned, and fused back togeth