Adeline stumbled, her legs giving out from the rough push. She landed hard on her backside, her palms scraping against the rough asphalt as she tried to catch herself.
Tears stung her eyes—half from pain, half from sheer helplessness—as she scrambled to sit upright, her heart breaking at the sight of Enzo still trapped in Damien's clutches.
Damien then turned his attention away from her and fixed his gaze on Argilia. "We're done here."
Argilia inclined her head slightly, lifting one hand lazily. The chains coiled around Andrei shifted, lifting him off the ground. They carried him a few feet away before retracting and releasing him. He hit the ground, falling to his knees, but he barely reacted—his eyes fixed instead on what was happening before him.
