My eyes opened to the deep, quiet darkness. The immediate urgent thought of where was I, rang through my head before being replaced by piercing pain. It felt cracked and it was probably bleeding. Someone had surely almost broken my skull with a swift blow.

I tried to move my hands to the area and assess the damage but it was met with the rattling of chains across the floor. At first, I sat trying to figure out what just happened but then I panicked, pulling on it over and over. Quickly, it dawned on me that it was no use. Someone had chained me down in this dark and icy cold room. The realization frustrated me and only made me keep trying.

Suddenly, the room flooded with light and a familiar silhouette casted a shadow on my broken and hostage body. My eyes slowly adjusted to the change but I already knew who was looking down on me. My eyes narrowed and I hissed with rage. "Duncan..."

"Hello, Rythian," He said with a devilish grin. "Or should I say, Hello, my pet."

Anger coursed through my body. My teeth grinded together. Every part of me wanted to tear him apart. "Where am I? Where is Zoey?"

"Zoey?" He asked puzzled as he slowly moved towards me. "Oh, you mean that red head you kept around, don't you?"

"Yes! Don't act like you don't remember her!" I screamed at him, almost pulling my wrists out of their sockets.

He stood before me and looked down at my inferior being. His eyes glowed with what I believed to be happiness but it was maniacal and full of insanity. A smirk appeared on his face. "I remember your attachment to her. The way you looked at her was special. You loved her, didn't you?"

It was sickening as his thumb and index finger took my chin and held my face at eye level. My murderous glare intensified. "I said, where is she?"

He smiled, truly happy about how angry I was. "Let's just say that the sun doesn't shine for her anymore."

Something snapped inside me. Maybe it was my heart but maybe it was something darker than that. "You bastard! I'll fucking kill you!" I pulled and pulled, trying to get my hands on him. All I was doing was wearing myself down.

"You can't do anything, just accept it. All you've done was for naught. All that magic you had has failed you. That girl is gone and so is that dinosaur. You are all alone," He studied my face and stared into the fading light of my eyes. "And now you're mine." Without warning, his lips touched mine in an unfeeling kiss.

My mind shut off. All his words had numbed me to the core. It was too much for me to process. Zoey and Teep were dead and I was trapped here with a mad man. What could I do at this point? All I could do is submit.

He pulled away and he stood back up as my defiance left me and my head fell. "Don't worry, Rythian. It's better this way. You'll learn to like it soon." Before it registered in my mind, he was out the door and I was in the dark once again.