Gods, Valerie. She'd run away from him. She looked at him with fear and disgust. But she'd been there. She'd been in the room when it happened. She could tell them the truth. She could save him.She had to.Kane didn't know how long he sat there in the darkness. Time felt strange. Meaningless. Could have been minutes. Could have been hours.His tears eventually stopped. Left him hollow. Empty. Like someone had scooped out his insides and left only the shell.Then he heard footsteps.Different from before. Lighter and almost hesitant.Kane looked up. A figure was approaching his cell. A woman in a dark traveling cloak, hood pulled up to hide her face.She stopped in front of the bars. For a long moment she just stood there, silent and still. Kane could see her hands were shaking where they clutched the edges of the cloak.Then, slowly, she pushed back her hood.Valerie.Kane was on his feet in an instant. He rushed to the bars, his hands wrapping around the cold iron so tight his knuck