Chapter 219: The Caged Wolf
Mai’s P.O.V.
The wind outside howled like a wounded beast, tearing through the trees like it was trying to rip the entire forest apart. I sat on the wooden porch steps, my knees tucked against my chest, glaring at the invisible barrier that had kept me imprisoned for five days. Five. Long. Days. I had tried everything—running, digging, throwing anything I could get my hands on—but Eldur’s magic held firm. The barrier shimmered faintly when I touched it, taunting me.
I wasn’t scared. I was pissed.
How the hell had I even ended up here?
One moment, I had been talking with Liam. The next, Eldur had appeared—silver eyes dim but filled with something disturbingly close to devotion. Before I could react, his magic had wrapped around me like invisible chains. The world had blurred, and then—bam. A dense forest. And before I could even process that, we were here. Just like that. Like a roller coaster with no brakes, no warning, no escape.
I was trapped.
And I didn’t even know this guy.
Yet, he acted like he knew me. Like I was his.
Eldur hadn’t been cruel. That was the worst part. He gave me food, warm clothes, even let me roam freely within the boundaries of the invisible cage. The cabin had everything—Netflix, cable, a bed so soft it felt like sleeping on a damn cloud.
A perfect little prison. A golden cage.
And I wanted out.