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?"

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

turned to ice in my veins as the pieces began to

so many, my husband included, were subject to

assume, now, that there is nothing not even

"Mila has to be stopped, no matter what state of mind

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

"We have to try, no matter

nod. "Very well," he intoned gravely. "You and your... companions will have our aid in this quest. But I must

an eyebrow

of you, wolf girl... show as much mercy as you

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