---- mother.


    She joined the Special Seven knowing it would lead her to the Land of Darkness.


    Her motherSera Williams.


    And when they told her Sera was gone...she broke.


    My Princess broke.


    A fury burns inside me, wild and consuming.


    My princess broke.


    They shattered her, snatching the one thing she held onto for so many years.


    Fuck! I cant bear to think of her, sitting on these cold, unforgiving tiles, all alone, her hope ripped from her.


    If I could turn back time, I would hold her, pull her close, and promise that everything would be okay.


    If only...


    But I can''t.


    Zariyan Volkov, was stronger and braver than anyone I''d ever known, she was the woman who could endure anything.


    But that bastard...he didnt break her physically.


    Not by violence either.


    He broke her by the theft of her hope, her reason to fight.


    He tore her apart emotionally.


    He snatched away herst ray of hope and tried to mold her into his tool.


    ---- What he doesnt realize, though, is that her mother, Sera Williams may not be by her side, but her blood still runs through Zariyans veins.


    She might be broken now,lost.


    But I will find her.


    T will bring my Princess back from the shadows these people have forced her into.


    Light has a speciality.


    A single ray of it can cut through miles of darkness.


    And I will burn myself to lend her that light, if it means I can show her the path to what is right.


    Hold on, Princess.


    We have the world to save and I want you beside me.


    Not against me in this fight to death.


    ---- Chapter 424 Zariyan coughs at the liquid that has burned her throat.


    Her mouth opens to gasp for air.


    While Gerald just tilts his head to look at her in amusement.


    Now you are going to be an obedient little girl and tell me truthfully whatever T ask you.


    He grabs her wrists and secured them tightly with coarse rope, the fibers biting into her skin.


    Her crimson eyes flicker to the door.


    And Gerald caught her movement You want to call Vince? Go ahead.


    He whispers in her ear from behind and she was going to scream his name.


    When Geralds next words made her snap shut her mouth.


    But remember, if not you? He is going to bear with your end of punishment by my hands.


    He maybe your master? But I am his.


    And this is nothing but a test to know how well he had trained you.


    ---- Her hands drop in herp in defeat and Gerald''s lip tilts up in amusement.


    Right choice.


    The next thing she knows, he presses a button and her tied hands stretch up taut, the rope was attached to the ceiling.


    Her feet lifi from the ground and she looks around helplessly, Her toes barely touch the ground.


    [er petite body almost sways in the air.


    He circles her, a whip in his hand, and he drags its leather tail across the ground.


    Tf your heels touch the ground, I''ll make you regret it.


    He warns and her toes curl up as he whips her feet, not hard enough to injure, but enough to infuse fear in her and make her flinch.


    He leans back into the shadows, searching for any signs of rebellion.


    But those crimson eyes look around the room in helplessness.