OLIVIA BURNS

There were people in the room with me, monsters! What cursed place had Nikolai brought me to? Why couldn't he have just put me in the damned cells like the rest of the other people!

“I'm telling you, Anya! Why don't you believe me? They’re right there!” I screeched, tearing at my hair as tears coursed down my face before the giant oak doors flew open and more uniformed nursemaids rushed into the room.

I could see the shadow Kings walled into a circle at the corners of the room with their hands folded in front of them, their red glowing eyes fixed unnervingly on me.

There weren't...