When Jacen awoke, he instantly realized something was wrong. Nothing about the room gave it away. In fact, the bed he was in was incredibly comfortable. But his body felt stiff, and he couldn't remember where he was before he woke up.
Then he realized that someone had changed his clothes for him, which made his skin crawl. And then he sensed Freya D'Arctan. He tried to sit up, but found he couldn't move.
"Ssh, don't move," she whispered. A grin looked eerie on her gravely beautiful features.
The memories of the previous night all came flooding back to him.
"Get away from me," he gasped. "I want nothing to do with you."
"Really?" Freya arched an eyebrow. "Well, we need to get you ready to meet Leader."
"No, no, get away!"
Despite Jacen's protests, she sat him up physically, and suddenly he felt his limbs beginning to work on him.
"I may have overdone it in my Force abilities," she said. "But this day will change everything. You're the heir to the Skywalker line, Jacen. You can pass down the name, and usher in a new era in which the Skywalkers will take what is theirs. This plan has been in action ever since we knew that Rey Skywalker had a child."
He frowned. "The hell's that supposed to mean?"
"Our Leader has created all of this for you," Freya said. "He restored Vader's Castle on Vjun, and he recruited the Hapans to help. The Queen-Mother made sure her granddaughter would be a worthy consort to the Heir of Vader."
"Maia was in on this?" Jacen raised his eyebrows.
Freya laughed. "No. The chemistry needed to arise naturally, the Supreme Leader knew this."
"Is she okay?" Jacen asked.
"She's proving to be resistant upon discovering her true purpose, but I took care of that," Freya said.
"Where's Kyp?" Jacen asked.
"He's undergoing reconditioning at the moment," Freya said.
At that moment Jacen heard a scream.
"Pay no attention to that!" Freya panicked immediately.
"Thanks, but I don't want any of this," Jacen said, and he quickly stood up, which made him dizzy. "Besides, if Leader's who I think he is—"
"You're turning down a castle, an army loyal only to you, infinite power, and a beautiful, intelligent, Force-sensitive consort to bear in a new line of Skywalker's?" Freya sounded outraged.
"Yes," Jacen said.
Then Snoke appeared, the wrinkled man that he was. "Leave us, Freya. I believe I need to teach our ungrateful prince a lesson."
Freya paled dramatically, and leapt to her feet. "Yes, Leader. I thank you for your mercy."
She bolted out of the room, and the Supreme Leader stared at Jacen with ancient blue eyes that were uncanny.
Jacen screamed, dropping to his knees as pain he had never felt before surged through his body.
Snoke just laughed cruelly.
He reached out to his bond with Jaina for some sort of comfort, but there was non. The bond was severed. He was alone. Completely and utterly alone.