ella

ion, I kept looking at th

think of was w

Mike's friends saw them take me away and

Mike a whole

dark-haired man with piercing green eyes. He looked

ly," he said, his voice smooth

racing as I tried to fig

I was led down a long hallway, the wal

door, and Fed opened it, revealing a

, and the door slam

eart pounding in my ch

thing except

eath, I looked b

king aroun

ows, ju

ose, making me step back from

om, I heard s

ng I walked to

ll I could feel was how h

I called out

groans c

uld go closer to th

ed, and the m

at me like

one on the left ask

ther said, making me snap my

nything that happened

cking bring her he

n stayed quie

He said that that was the m

m, you don't keep people, especially women.

at him before nodding

ow give her a room, we will talk well in the morning

en looked a

they should kill me, sn

re walking away, anoth

go." Another man

arm and pulled m

the room, where I

out from the darkness like the pe

or closed

e house until we go

now his name turned toward me

ealing a dimly lit room, my h

me to enter, his ex

bulb cast shadows on worn-out furniture. T

t try anything stupid," he wa

the door, leaving me

the house, I couldn't shake the feeling that I wa

tattered blanket on the bed and a small, d

in my mind as I wondered about the myst

nted at a complex web of rela

ense of vulnerability, isola

d, and the door creaked open onc

e began, his tone mor

I were you, I'll follow everything I said

the door, leaving me alone with more que

eternity. The muffled sounds of conversations and oc

feeling that I was a pawn i

around, trying

ike I was going to die o

ames, except from the Fed guy, the

ook its toll, and I drif

everything is going

thinking of the han

gr

e

now

to find me

this man

dle man said he

s again, I groaned

y can't I

room, making my way toward i

st jump ou

't easy, even though

, I walked ba

to get so