Chapter 37

He finally looked up at me and I didn't cower from his blue eyes. Maybe because they, for once, held some semblance of warmth. Something human. However, as his eyes traced down my body, the humanity faded away until he was the man who had drowned me and whipped me. I stared down at my bandaged legs. To my surprise, the blood hadn't leaked through. The bandages were white, clean, almost surgical in their precision.

"Come," Jay said and I looked up at him. He motioned me to him and I swallowed....