Ruby had been staring blankly at the walls, bored out of her mind and feeling the sharp sting of cuts and the achiness that came with the bruises all over her body. She was all alone, nothing but guards with tranquilizer darts standing a few feet away to keep her company. She was so tired, so drained and yet what choice did she have? Sure, Ruby could get free but that left everyone locked up in the building vulnerable, her power was not that strong and she would not abandon the shifter children or vampires. In fact she'd been beaten black and blue yesterday for refusing to harm a vampire. She'd never hurt another if she could help it and Conrad and his cronies knew it. The only reason they had managed to capture her long ago had been because she'd been trying to save another when the dart
