a gander at him. He was tall and thick, but not too bulky. She noticed the black

ped that that was Ransom putting Manny, or whatever his name was, in his place. She didn’t get a good vi

on edge and to remain so composed. She didn’t fear Ransom, not yet anyway, but she did feel kind of

ming up for yoga. She massaged her wrists where the ropes had been t

ntly in circles. She pressed up to stand, and her legs tingled with sl

uckle beneath her, she circled the room. It was quite large and it was bare. The walls and floors appeared to be made of concre

Ransom wasn’t all that scary in her opinion, even if his presence and his gaze se

r ear against their cool surface. She couldn’t hear anything. But sh

quare. And the glass did look pretty thick. She huffed, hoping that her hips and her butt could

ing her wouldn’t be able to get in there. She jogged over to the metal doo

have to try to break the window whi

or, and a voice piped up on t

drink,”

and sit tight.” That wa

n. Mateo’s face peeked through the crack. “We’ll get you some water in a

footsteps. She hoped that both of them were leaving. Either way, she was going to have to chance it.

decided. So she got off of the chair and hefted it over her head. She lifted it as high a

with all of her might, seven, eight, nine times. Then, with an exhaustion-fueled grunt, she slammed it one more time, and

Just as she was about to stand, the metal door flew open, slamming into the wa

ng her by the wrist and jerking her to her feet. A

hit him. Leena swung her free fist a

d restraining her arms behind her back. “I knew we shoul

lass of water. He took a look around the room at the broken c

oing on?”

n pain as her hands and knees skidded across the hard floor. Then a low growl of frustration escaped h

said not to get rough with her. You were supposed to

topped this little brat fr

I hope he kicks your *ss

o kick her or hit her again, but he just bent down over her and sneered. “I think it’s best if you

t to push her luck. It probably was better to wait for Ransom to come back, though

him. Mateo set down the glass of water that was st

ing there and basically admitting def