Kelsey POV

I miss my mother so much it made my chest ache. She was still sitting in that dark, cold prison back home. My father didn't keep his part of our deal. He swore he'd release her as soon as I took Alyssa’s place, but he didn't. I knew it because I could feel it within me.

Here I was, stuck in the enemy's castle with a mark on my neck and a pack that sees me as nothing but a slave.

The door opened softly, and Theodore stepped in.

He had a glowing blue crystal in his hand. It cast a soft light across the dim room. He...