Chapter 0774 A thrall.

Nausea coiled in the pit of my stomach as that word settled in. I thought of the feral state the panther-Isaac-had been reduced to, and felt bile rise in my throat. A thrall, a servant, a pawn.

Would that be Enzo's fate, if we didn't find him soon enough? How many others had she reduced to this state? Hundreds? Thousands?

"Thank you for telling us this, Isaac," I said softly, reaching out to grasp his trembling hand. "I swear to you, we will put an end to Mila's cruelty once and for all."

The haunted shifter's eyes darted over to me then despite their unseeing nature, shining with an intensity that almost made me forget that he couldn't see.

"You must," he said. "Before it's too late. I could feel myself slipping away in there, day by day, and there are so many others, others who never asked for this pain... and Mila herself..." He trailed off, shuddering bodily.

about her?"

her to withstand the fumes, but she's not immune," he said. "The gasses, they... they're poisoning her, too. Just like the rest

his words. My blood turned to ice in my veins as the pieces began to fall into place.

husband included, were subject to her

to look at me. "I assume, now, that there is nothing not even myself that could stop you from venturing into her

into my voice as I could muster. "Mila has to be stopped,

of Isaac's eyes, the weariness etched into his face. Nobody should have to suffer like that, twisted and unmade until they lost their

continued firmly. "We have to try, no matter the

his expression unreadable. Then, finally, he gave a single, solemn nod. "Very well," he intoned gravely. "You and your... companions will have our aid in

arched an eyebrow warily.

bracing his hands on his staff. "My people have suffered greatly under Mila's reign," he said. "So I beg of you, wolf girl... show as much mercy as you can to those trapped within her grasp. Cure who you are able with your medicine. But do not slay any more

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