The broken luna | ✔️

40 | deadly

I was too feeble to even open my mouth, let alone speak or scream. We had reached a dead end. Leon was restrained, and I was about to be stripped of my powers.

None of the warriors could breach our defenses; there was no other escape route.

Wait, was that Lily? Oh my god, she was here too?

I felt myself being carried to a chair, its straps securing me tightly. My arms were shackled to the chair with silver cuffs, and the entire apparatus was connected to an electrical socket.

I could see Leon desperately struggling to reach me, but I knew he wouldn't make it in time, and I had no more energy to resist Austin.

Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Austin activated the electrical socket and advanced toward me. He flicked the switch, and I instantly felt it.

It was like an invisible force, tugging at every vein in my body, forcibly extracting my powers and energy. Veins bulged in my hands, legs, and neck.

My powers were being drained away before I could even utilize them. Suddenly, Austin did something that intensified the force, causing excruciating pain to ripple through my body.

My back arched as the agony coursed through me like an inferno. I squeezed my eyes shut, my face contorted in torment.

I had never experienced such agony in my life. My head spun, and my jaw clenched. I grabbed a fistful of my hair, yanking on it in a desperate attempt to alleviate the pain.

I summoned every ounce of strength to let out a gut-wrenching scream that echoed throughout the space. It felt as if my very soul was being wrenched from me.

This process wouldn't be swift; it required about thirty minutes or so, during which I would endure this torment.

I knew I was on the brink of death.

Leon watched me suffer, his eyes filled with a mixture of anger and sorrow. He stared at me in horror, but I gazed back at him devoid of emotion.

"How does this feel, Charlotte? It must be delightful. And you, Leon, are you enjoying this as much as I am? Well, I have more pressing matters to attend to, like seizing someone else's pack," Austin jeered.

He walked away from me, followed by a horde of his men, all armed with silver weapons.

I feared that Leon's pack wouldn't survive this assault. There weren't enough strong warriors to withstand Austin's forces.

"All of you! Guard these two and don't let anyone in!" Austin ordered his remaining men.

He exited the room, and chaos erupted. My vision blurred as I witnessed Lily and the warriors engaging in a fierce battle.

Pain carried me away, not to oblivion, but to some primitive place within myself that knew how to endure the kind of suffering that precedes death. My vision was a whirl of violent, shifting colors devoid of any discernible pattern.

Is this what death feels like? A place where you feel nothing, where your world is empty, and everything is pitch black?

I couldn't feel my hands, my legs, or anything. It was as though I were disconnected from everything. The draining of my powers, along with a few cuts and bruises on my arms, had rendered me into this state.

Here, I felt free, as if I could finally breathe and contemplate. Contemplate everything. Was he worthy of my love? He had made promises and yet broken them.

Should I return to him after all this? Could I? Must I?

It felt like a wake-up call, reminding me that this was my life, and it was not a dream; it was reality.

Could having a mate truly bring me the happiness I deserved? Was that mate Leon?

I pondered these questions intensely. It felt as though my entire life hinged on them.

The passage of time was unclear, but eventually, a bright light intruded on my vision, drawing me back to where I had started.

The electrical chair.

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