Bound by Darkness

(Piper’s POV)

I straightened my back and wiped a hand over my brow, cleaning the sweat that clung to my dirty skin. I glared at a stain on the cobblestone that refused to disappear no matter how hard I scrubbed.

For a moment, I stopped moving and allowed myself to take deep breaths to still my pounding heart. My chest felt tight, almost as if I were boiling from the inside out. My skin had gone a