#Chapter 247: Hogtied

There was no time now to wonder or worry or try to plan for what Caius had in store for me deeper into the cave. He was waiting for me, that I knew. The rigged entrance that trapped us inside here with them… He knew we were coming, and he had a plan. I knew that. But I had no choice. There was no turning back. There was only forward. The only way out was through. I surged on through another opening in the back of the cave, the only other one I could see besides the crevice through which we’d entered. The speed of everything that happened next is inexplicable. Many, many things happened, all at once. I was hit in the head. Hard. Knocked off my feet and slammed into a wall. I scrambled in the dark, seeing stars, fought to get to my feet, went down again, cut my cheek on something sharp, and then felt the hot sear of heavy silver chains slapping into my flesh, burning my skin everywhere the metal lassos touched and tightened. And I was dragged across the sharp, jagged stone floor of t