Hades' Cursed Luna novel Chapter 68

Eve~

I opened my eyes to darkness. There was not a single source of light, not even a little. The place I was in was unfathomably black. I swallowed thickly and finally attempted to move.

My heart lodged in my throat when I found that I could not. I was seated, my hands and legs bound in the darkness.

My breaths came quick and shallow as I struggled against the restraints, panic clawing up my throat. The darkness was absolute—no shadows, no flickers, nothing but an endless, suffocating black. The air was thick, pressing in on me, trapping me. I strained my eyes, willing them to adjust, but there was nothing to see, no hint of light, no edges to ground me. Just darkness.

My heart pounded so hard it hurt, every beat sending a jolt of fear through me as I tugged at the binds on my wrists and ankles. They were tight, digging into my skin no matter how hard I wrenched and twisted. I was trapped, bound, helpless.

Thoughts rushed through my mind, wild and frenzied, each one worse than the last. Had Ellen finally decided to finish the job the bomb had failed at? I pictured her cold, unfeeling gaze, her lips pressed into that cruel line, and I shivered. Or… was this another twisted scheme of Hades, another way to break me, to force me to submit?

"No," I whispered, the word a tremor in the dark. "No, please…"

My voice cracked, swallowed up by the silence. I tried again, louder, the desperation rising in my chest, clawing to get out.

"Please! Who’s there?" My voice was barely a whisper against the dense blackness, fragile and trembling. I took a shaky breath and screamed louder, "Please! Help me! I don’t know what I did, but please—let me go!"

My own voice echoed back at me, hollow and distant. The darkness pressed closer, thick and unyielding, suffocating me with each passing second. I twisted again, frantic now, yanking against the binds until my wrists burned. There had to be a way out. There had to be.

"Please!" I sobbed, my throat raw, every word edged with terror. "I… I’ll do anything, just… let me out. Let me out!"

A dreadful silence answered, deep and mocking. I felt as though the darkness itself was listening, savoring my fear, feeding off the helplessness that was eating me alive. I could barely breathe, each gasp growing shorter, shallower, as a relentless, crushing claustrophobia threatened to consume me.

My heart hammered faster, each frantic beat a countdown. I didn’t know to what, but the terror kept building, an icy dread curling through me, poisoning every thought.

"Please," I whispered again, the word broken, hopeless. My voice was all I had left in this pitch-black hell. I was alone, bound and abandoned, and no one was coming to help me.

Bright light suddenly chased away the darkness, and I shut my eyes to keep it out. My heart jumped when I heard the clinking of heels on the ground. I squinted, trying to manage the light that had become unbearable.

A figure walked forward toward me. Before I could adapt to the light, I felt fingers digging into my chin and forcing my face up.

A sultry but mature voice made me freeze. "So this is the mutt?" she sneered. _{freewēbnoveℓ.com}

I found myself staring face to face with a middle-aged woman. Green eyes glinted with loathing. She looked familiar. Her ebony black hair was speckled with white. It did not give the effect of old age but rather of sophistication and authority.

"Very unremarkable," another woman spat. This one I recognized immediately. Felicia. "Yet, the whore is trickier than she looks."

By the looks of things, they were mother and daughter.

Behind them were Lycans built like trucks, dressed in suits and armed.

I swallowed. I recalled the warning that Felicia had given me. She had promised she would not hesitate to end me.

"What are you talking about?" I asked quietly.