Page 41 of Torment


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Cassander bent at the waist, ripping through the cuffs at his ankles, demanding, “Do as I said. You don’t have to look.”

It went on deaf ears, her mind elsewhere.

She fell to her knees, ascreamripping from her throat.

I tried pulling on my cuffs, but they were still solid. I couldn’t break mine.

My head swam as the adrenaline drained from my body.I would live.It was over.

Then I turned my eyes to Rune.

There was no oxygen. No sound.

I would live. He wouldn’t. None of it made sense.

What the hell had just happened here?

My eyes fluttered shut.

I let the darkness take me down this time.