C18 Chapter 18

MIDNIGHT STAR

"He has more names than the others. One you may have heard... the Midnight Star."

—Madrid

Oren stands over me, gloating, his sword ablaze as he cuts into my arm again and again. I try not to cry out, but I can't hold it in.

The pain. The scent of my own burning flesh. My nightmares are made real. Both my arms are lined with the red ribbons of flame from his torture