the deep-seated chill of starvation and weakness. It was a pale imitation of her former power
tal clarity-the original Janna kicking this same bear across a room, laughing as he whimpered and begged. More memories cascaded: the belt striking Cary, the whip tearing Shane's flesh, the cruel orders sending the twins to their likely deaths. She saw, in full, sickening detail, the
raphic keyboard, pulling up the v
eeling herself. Then she p
hidden speakers in every room and corrid
g they were used to, cut through the villa's dead si
if struck. His fox ears flattened against h
errified whimper and covered his head with his pa
emerged, his leg wrapped in a crude ban
aker. "Let's see what this craz
ng up the stairs with his back ramrod straight. H
e scooped up the trembling Elias and follow
t like a throne at the head of the room-the original Janna's seat of power. Instea
into the middle of the room, placing it where no one could
d of footsteps descended the
already seeping through. Her brow furrowed for a fraction of a s
a shield. The moment he saw Janna, h
sive semi-circle. The air crackled with hostility. Shane's green eyes were
ess in their muscles. She knew a single wrong move, a
a threat. Instead, she spoke in a calm, even
you ha
ne and Cary exchanged a shocked glance. They had expected accusation
ing laugh escaping his lips. "Hate i
braced himself for the inevitable explosion, for
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