Andreas looks at her, his eyes filled with a mixture of anger, pain, and something else - something she can't quite identify. "You don't need to apologize," he says gruffly. "I know what monsters like him are capable of. But we won't give up. We'll find a way out of this, somehow."
Tears spill down her cheeks as she nods, clinging desperately to the hope that he's right.
"Then we must act quickly," the Dark Lord says smoothly, stepping closer to the bed once more. "