Chapter 419 - 419: Choice...

Lyla

She snapped her fingers, and a large screen on the wall opposite my bed flickered to life. The image that appeared made the blood drain from my face.

It was a live feed from what looked like another room in the same facility. The camera showed an ample space with concrete walls and harsh fluorescent lighting. In the centre of the room, five figures were bound to chairs with heavy chains that looked identical to the ones holding me to this bed.

Ramsey. Kyren. Elias. Miriam. And several other figures I recognised as Hollow Kin elders.

My breath caught painfully in my chest.

They were all unconscious, their heads hanging forward at unnatural angles. But they were breathing.

I could see the rise and fall of their chests, the small movements that indicated life. Ramsey's hair fell across his face, hiding his expression, but I could see a cut on his forehead that had bled down his cheek.

"No," I breathed, struggling against my restraints with renewed desperation. Hot tears spilt down my cheeks as the full scope of our situation became clear. "No, no, no..."

"Ramsey!" My cry ripped through the room. I surged forward only to be wrenched back by the bite of the silver shackle. Tears were slipping into my mouth at this point.

Ramsey lifted his head as if he had heard my voice, and for a few seconds, I thought he held my gaze.

Seliora clapped her hands with mock delight in her voice. "Lovely. A family reunion. Such a pity it's through a screen."

She leaned forward, giving me a pointed gaze. "Now you're beginning to understand the scope of your predicament," she said. "Your mate, your protectors, your allies – all of them are here, all of them completely at our mercy."

I glared at her through my teary vision.

"Fine. You've shown me." I said, my voice steady despite the tears streaming down my face. "What do you want?"

She smiled again. "Well, you'd better hear it from my sister."

gestured again, and

this time. My blood chilled as the newcomer entered the room and

curved with delight. "Lyla Woodland Kincaid, meet my

Sissy," Delia smirked, "we've already

you behind this?" I growled. "You'd better kill me because if I ever get out

You're insolent and stupid and gifted. You knew something didn't sit right,

the one behind the

have time to discuss my various accomplishments later. Right now, I have a proposition

think I would listen to you? Is this revenge for

Delia said with a calmness that irritated me. "I am not besotted with you in any way. Although I wish I could fuck your husband, he's too stiff-necked, and that darn Kyren could read me like a book. Do you know Kyren didn't tell you everything about what he saw when he first met

spoke, she walked around the room. "You'll die here, Lyla!" she said confidently. "My father knew he would die,

been told I will die more times than

paused and turned to Seliora.

mouth as if what Delia said was funny. "We were so caught up in catching up with each other that

the reasons you'd die is because you activated a poison. You're familiar with wolfsbane and silver and

to finish; she

poison, deadlier than wolfsbane. Seliora rubbed a tiny bit around your shackles to

her pocket, she pulled out some wads of notes and gave them to Seliora, who collected them, clapping her

into your body, and elderberry is bad for pregnant werewolves. At this rate, you'll watch your children bleed out and then die next. Given the reddish welts growing

out, stopping her midsentence. "What must I give for you to let my husband and everyone else in that

shrugged, "I have

though every

really," Delia continued. "You're going to do exactly what my father failed to accomplish. You're going to complete

said

said with a laugh that made my teeth ache. "Especially when one has children willing to carry on the family business. The blood oath doesn't require the original participant to be alive, Lyla. It just requires their blood, their essence, and a willing Moonsinger to

the realisation. "You

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