<span style="color: #FF0000">"But, it seems to work better to just lock you up in solitude and darkness again... don’t you think that fits the word death, better? Experiencing your own death..slowly.. while alive..."</span><br/><br/>Snow didn't so much but look up to the chilling threats. "It won't be as long as you think," he assured her, but there was no defiance in his voice... in fact his voice was so weak it was barely above a whisper.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Suddenly the chain retightened, and Snow was jerked upward to his knees. The young male shifter gasped a little surprised by the sudden joint and hesitantly glanced up over at Serafima for a brief moment and then glanced back downward... it was then she stepped on him, Snow inhaled sharply as she dug her heel as she forcibly bent him backwards against his spine.  The excruciating pain suddenly sent a wave of pain throughout the dying shifter's body! The pain came to the young dragon like a sharp jolt of electricity, suddenly his magenta eyes lit up and he inhaled once more! Pain! he felt it!  but it was something and awakened his senses and reminded him that he was still alive!<br/><br/>Snow cried out! but this time when she let him fall to the floor, instead of limply laying down the ground, this time he caught himself!  The young male shift panted and his chest rose and fell rapidly, and the bright aura quickly returned!<br/><br/>The next painful jerk, Snow let out a lively growl of protest followed by a quick submissive apologetic yelp.<br/><br/>"I am sorry! I am sorry!" he exclaimed quickly and gently lowered his head and nuzzled his cheek along her knee hoping appease her and avoid getting stepped on again.  His bright magenta eyes gazed upward toward her, searching for some sort of affection or any sort of assurance that he wouldn't be a castaway or discarded as he had been before.  "I thought you didn't want me anymore! You left me alone for so long!" he whimpered, tears now flowing freely down his cheek as he wept brokenly, as the attention starved dragon nuzzled closer to Serafima.