The woman glanced at her with a sneer, a scornful grunt escaping her lips. “Hmph.”

Clutching the meal box tightly, Skyler asked once more before the door shut, “Where’s Zavier? Is he the one keeping me locked up here?”

The woman didn’t bother answering Skyler; she just closed the door and walked away.

Thankfully, a lamp was left on inside the room, allowing Skyler to eat the food the woman had brought in the light. The meal was hearty enough, but as Skyler chewed, there was only one taste that overwhelmed her senses — bitterness. But no matter how bitter, she had to eat. She wanted to live.

There was a camera in the solitary room, and right after Skyler finished her meal, the door opened again, the woman’s face expressionless as she collected the utensils.

Skyler thought about making a run for it while the woman was off guard, but a single sentence from her extinguished that thought. “If you manage to get out of here, you won’t make it past the front door,” the woman said coldly.d2

Skyler’s step halted, and she turned to look at the woman, pleading, “I want to see Zavier.”

Zavier just because you want to?” The woman dropped the

down on the bed, losing track of time once more

or any way to tell time, Skyler could

two days, three

worsened. About a month later, she couldn’t stomach anything. Everything she ate came right back up, and her

room, Skyler didn’t know what she looked like, only that her body wouldn’t hold out much longer. So, when the door opened again, she lunged at the entrance with a weak, desperate cry, “Let me out. I don’t want to die in

male voice suddenly echoed above

It wasn’t the woman who brought her meals but Zavier. He no longer bore any resemblance to the man Skyler once knew. His gaze was frightening. He stood before her like a sovereign lord looking down at his slave. “Do you really wish

but tears betrayed her, spilling out uncontrollably.

“It’s been so long,

hand away, but she had no strength left. She just lay on the ground, looking up at him. “When I die, could you bury me

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