Page 36 of Dark Flame

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Second Intermission

FREYA

Me again.

Wasn’t that fun? Told you, fate’s fickle.

Alec Dormer is smart, and not at the same time. He’s too focused on revenge and is missing the obvious.

No matter, he’ll figure it out soon. Once he—well…I can’t give everything away, now can I?

You might be wondering why I dropped by to see him given the Goddess instructed me not to interfere in any way. She sent me another message and said in order to move this along, I had to. Harlow must get her magick back for the rest of the events to pass because we still have quite a bit to get through.

Gotta move this shit along since I still have three more witches to help after this.

Anyway, back to it…after I get a refill of popcorn. Want some?

Fourteen

HARLOW

It’s dark.

It’s small.

It’s dark.

It’s small.

It’s endless.

It’s…

It’s…

“It’s too dark! Help me, I’m scared!”

Words that feel all too familiar echo in my head.

Afeelingof emptiness that’s all too familiar.

Emptiness coupled with a heaviness, in part from the shadows that are making this tiny cell even smaller, heavier, like there will never be light again.

Time slips away over the remainder of the night and into the daytime. I’ve tried to count the seconds to keep track, but the mounting weight pressing into my shoulders and pinning me into the dirt has long won out.

This cell is smaller than the other one. The walls are closer, the roof shorter. Like he knew about my claustrophobia and wanted to torture me. Him. My captor. The vampire asshole named Alec Dormer.

I wait.

And wait.

And wait.

For the unknown.

For him to kill me.

Drain me.

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