Page 79 of In the Shadows

A scream climbs up the back of my throat, but before I can make a sound, a sharp stabbing pain in my neck steals it away.

The arm keeps me steady as I shove at it, but whatever they injected me with spreads through my body quicker than I can fight.

Darkness approaches me, the abyss calling to me, and no matter how hard I fight it, the drugs drag me closer and closer by the second.

I collapse back into the hard body, and my eyes drift closed.

Lips press to my ear, a warm, familiar breath whispering across my cheek. The last words I hear before I free fall into the darkness come from a voice that’s all too familiar.

“I’m sorry, Princess.”

To be continued…