#Chapter 54 Cell

Once more I curled up cold and miserable on a dirty floor. The cell was a little bigger than the secret room Eva had chained me in. That was the only improvement in my situation. There was no furniture in the cell. Just a kind of pallet filled with straw that stank of old blood and urine. I wasn't about to lay down on that. The blanket the guard had given me was enough to cover my body, but it didn't provide much in the way of warmth. I was tempted to try and shift to my wolf form, just so I wouldn't be so cold. But the wolf yearned for freedom, and she would barely be able to turn around in that tiny cell. I couldn't be so cruel to her after she'd saved my life. The wolf didn't speak to me. I could tell she was hurt and confused by Leo's rejection. I hadn't realized she considered him our mate. I didn't think I could possibly have a fated mate. I didn't want one, either. Leo was Eva's. He'd clearly chosen her over me. The guards who came down to patrol the basement and