Chapter 317

I barely sleep the rest of the night.

The next morning, Axel unlocks the door carly, but I don’t immediately get out of bed.

I’m not sure if I have the energy or will to face the day.

I wonder what Axel will do if I turn the tables on him and refuse to leave my bedroom, so whether he locks the door or not becomes pointless.

Around mid–morning, there’s a knock on the door.

I don’t answer, even though I doubt it’s Axel.

He wouldn’t knock. He would just barge right in.

The door swings open a few seconds later and Jessica walks in, carrying a tray with what looks like breakfast on it.

“Good morning,” she says in a soft voice, sending me a hesitant smile, as if unsure of her welcome.

Oh great, now even Jessica is tiptoeing around me.

“Does the entire pack know I’m a nutjob who needs to be locked up in her room?” I ask, pulling a blanket over my head.

I hear the sounds of Jessica setting the tray onto the nightstand next to my bed, then a second later the mattress dips and Jessica tugs the blankets away from my face.

that,” she says, and now her expression is more sympathetic and understanding.

as I push

food Jessica has brought me and realize I’m actually

I missed dinner

and settle it on

you haven’t lost your appetite,” she says

telling her that when you get abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t know if or when the next

whether I had

possibly think what’s happening to me is okay,” I say between

frowns and glances

for your own good,”

like something she’s reciting, rather than something she actually

carefully. “But I

clamp my mouth closed after saying it’s not fair, because

can see that she does care

best friend,

he is your brother, we can’t go against what he says. And maybe I haven’t

down at my partially eaten

attacked Leah…at least

understand everything I went through because of Leah.

locked away,” I say instead of answering Jessica’s statement. “I can’t be locked up in this bedroom all the time. I need to shift. I need to run. If I can’t do

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