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Cries.
Screams.
I refused to glance through the open doors as we walked by the sources of those sounds. I didn’t need those images burned into my mind.
The corridor eventually dumped into a large open space surrounded by cages.A prison, I thought, recalling the term used for barred cells such as these.
Each room held two beds.
But we weren’t sent there first.
Instead, the lycan led us through the room to a locker area and commanded us to strip and shower, just like our Blood Day preparation. Only this time, we were all very much on display to their hungry gazes.
I tried not to think about what would happen if I attracted any of their interests, how it would tarnish my bond to Cedric and likely end in my swift death.
They wouldn’t be kind. Not that Cedric was all that kind either, but he at least gave me pleasure. These animals… would not.
Where are you?I wondered, nearly delirious from the icy water pelting my shoulders.
A growl ripped through the air as one of the lycansreacted to a female nearby. I didn’t look, just closed my eyes and finished my shower.Stay invisible. Obey. Survive.
That became my mantra as I exited the shower to dry off and put on the regulation clothing waiting for us—blue pants and white shirts.
I chanted it as they escorted us to a cafeteria area for a meal of grilled chicken, rice, and peas.
And I continued whispering it in my mind as they led me to my bed for the night.
Unsurprisingly, the blonde shared my cell.
It seemed our numbers had been linked, and from what I could tell, each room had one moon chase candidate and one breeding candidate.
“Lights out,” the lycan called.
The room went pitch-black before I claimed a bed, leaving me standing beside the other girl in a nightmarish theater filled with the echoes of humans screaming in the distance.
It was enough to make me hope I wouldn’t be reassigned.
Maybe I’ll let them catch me.
Or maybe I’ll find a place to hide.
Unlikely, but what choice did I have?
My fantasy with Cedric had come to an end. It was time to face reality. And reality meant surviving.
To do what?I marveled.To survive and go to the breeding section of this facility? To run and hide in the unknown?I knew nothing about Clemente Clan territory other than my brief tour outside.
Where would I go?
Where would I hide?
How am I going to survive?
Chapter 41
Cedric
Three.Fucking. Days.
