Let me just clear up some confusion here

mare does not know for sure if Maven has been drugging her, but after she was injected with some many needles, she had the right to be suspicious.

Gyth is something Maven has been working on with a whisperer (his cousin) Gwen Merandus. It is a top secret project. Gwen specializes in memories. so with the help of drugs like Gyth Mares body slows down making it easier for Gwen to change her memories

hope this cleared up some confusion!

I wake up from my nightmares with a silent stone chain to my foot. Around my wrist are bracelets of silent stone. They are thinner than last time but just enough to restrict my lightning. I scowl at Maven who looks content on his bed.

He strides over to me.

"Don't be so glum, Mare. I'm just doing us a favour." At this, i growl at him. He shushes me.

"I've finally won this little war."

"The Scarlet guard is still going to get you." He chuckles.

"I mean the war between me and Cal. I have finally got you. I've won."

I've had enough and scream at him.

"That's it! Im just a toy for you both to pass around?!" Tears are threatening to fall down my face.

"No, Mare. You are a prize. A prize that I've won." I nearly jump back as he pushes strands of hair behind my ears.

His face turns serious, as he straightens his back.

"Don't think what you did will go unpunished Mare. Keep in mind that, everyday at," he points to a small clock above my cage, "9, 12 and 6 you will be served food. At 10 o'clock during the night you will be put in your cage. And you will," He bends down to get to eye level with me, "you will obey me. Or else." I glare at him as he leaves his chambers leaving me alone to cry.

About an hour passes as my tears have long dried. Now I study the chain around my ankle, checking to see any possible way I could get out. The pole it is attached to is sturdy. It's too secure to pull out with my bare hands. And even if I managed to get it off, I still have silent stone on my wrists and ankles. I lay down on the cold floor next to the table, curling up into a ball.

No. Not again. I think to myself. I will not let Maven win.