Chapter 66: Shadows and Chains

Pain.

That was the first thing I registered. A dull, throbbing ache at the side of my head, pulsing in time with my racing heartbeat. My eyelids felt heavy, like they had been stitched shut, but I forced them open, blinking against the dim, flickering light.

Concrete walls. A single overhead bulb swinging slightly, casting shadows that stretched and distorted along the floor. My wrists ached, bound behind me by rough rope, and my legs were tied to the chair I sat on.

I sucked in a sharp breath, my pulse spiking as reality crashed into me. **Where was Lucien?**

I twisted my wrists, testing...