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of me. My heart thuds so hard and fast, I’m sure he can hear it. I open my mouth and then lower my head. I can’t lie. But the truth is bound to have me assigned to cleaning out the stables for weeks.
    The door creaks open and Asa steps from inside. “Oh, there you are, Faris. Did you bring back that squirrel food I asked you to find?” My fear turns to anger and then to relief. Asa has a horde of rare white squirrels that she claims can understand her words.
    “I did,” I say too enthusiastically. “But I—lost it on the way home. I was trying to hurry and get back before dark.”
    “See, Father, Faris was only doing as I asked,” Asa says and gives him the most charming look I’ve ever seen on her face. She knows exactly how to work her magic. Me, well, I could use a few lessons, I guess.
    Mother smiles and says, “Come along, children and husband of mine. Time for dinner.”  She’s specifically looking at Father who looks as though he doesn’t believe me. Another short moment passes before he decides to turn and go back inside. Asa heads into the house behind him, giving me a wide-eyed look on the way in. I want to ask what happened to Seth. I’m still upset about getting left behind. I can’t help but to feel like the boy did it on purpose. But Asa saved me…again.
    This is the way things are between my sister and me—wherever one ventures to then the other one follows. When something threatens her, then I’m right there to take care of it.
     
    * * *
     
    The shackles tighten around my wrists and ankles, digging deep into my flesh. A burn eases into my skin. I take a deep breath and wait for the fiery feeling to pass. Curse it. I can hardly move, let alone think.
    Chela, I’m coming for you.
    If you can hear me, know that I can survive this.
    I’ll do it for you…for us.
    A small band of light shines through the windows above me, The beam gives the metal chamber a touch of softness as a single ray of light shining on my face.
    “I ask you again, Faris Toulan. Is this girl worth your life? Your immortality? Or what’s left of it anyway,” Olivia hisses into my ear, a sneer on her face. I stay silent, refusing to give in. She grasps my chin and forces me to look at her face. In exchange for Olivia keeping quiet about Chela’s true identity, I’ve agreed to remain as her prisoner.
    I glance deep in her empty eyes, and say: “Yes. Chela is everything to me. She’s all that you will never be. Your tricks can’t remove what I feel for her.”
    Icy eyes glare at me. Her harsh laughter rips through my soul. The kindness she showed me earlier disappears at once. I don’t care. All I hope for, all I ache for is a chance to see Chela again. I promised to return as the Protector she needed me to be. I refuse to go back as the thing she is cursed to destroy.  That will only hurt her more than I’ve already done. I intend to keep my word.
    “I do hope you understand what you’ve agreed to do,” Olivia says in a low, but deadly voice, her breath on my ear, her cold fingers stroking my face.  “By the time I’m done with you, there won’t be any other name you’ll call except mine. That’s how long you’ll beg for mercy.”
    She moves closer to my face and kisses my lips. I want to gag. Inside, I’m already screaming. But her torture, or whatever her plans are for me are nothing compared to facing a life without Chela. By thinking of our love, her laugh, even the way she sometimes annoys me, I can handle anything Olivia does.
    Hell most definitely exists. I’m fairly certain I’m about to experience it in full force.
    And then, I hear Chela call my name.
     

Chapter Seven (Chela)
    Requiem to a Dream
     
    In my dream, I feel his suffering as though it’s my own. Every burn, each tingle, and the agonizing way he screams from inside that awful dark chamber. Lying in my bed, I think of the kiss we shared the last time I saw him, the day he told me that his spirit would always be with me. I