Rafandra
The moment the final whip slashed my back, I could no longer hold up my weight. I fell to my knees in the dry dirt, my body slumping down Neve’s as I heard her cries and pleas to let them release her. I wanted to help. To get those chains off her wrists but the silver had poisoned my blood, making me too weak to barely move. Zaven had long since stopped roaring and whimpering in my mind. The silver had got to him too.
I sensed movement on each side of me and in seconds, Neve was freed, turning and falling to her knees in front of me. Her small hands were on my face, lifting my head to try and look into my droopy eyes as her tear-stained face scrunched up with concern. I could see her lips moving but I couldn’t hear a sound. Only the high-pitched ringing in my ears from every whi
