Maelis POV

I was frozen, watching the absolute slaughter unfolding in front of me.

Ethan was moving like a demon, his eyes entirely black, tearing men apart with his bare hands.

Mom didn't waste a single second. She crawled across the bloody floor, her hands shaking as she reached my chair. She grabbed the thick silver ropes binding my wrists and started frantically working the knots loose.

My skin was raw, burning from the silver, but the moment the ropes fell away, I slumped forward, gasping for air.

But I couldn't get up.

She looked at me confused, so I gulped with difficulty as I said, “Drugged. I've been drugged.”...