Chapter 51

Anastasia

I don’t know how many days have gone by since I got here. It’s always dark, so I can’t tell when it’s day or night. I hear footsteps approaching me. I’m sure it’s Mason bringing food. He brings food twice every day like clockwork. I haven’t forgiven him for what he did. I don’t talk to him when he tries to make conversation. I just take my food from him and go back deeper into my cell to eat it.

I expect to see Mason walking toward my door; instead, I see women. They’re three of them. The one in front opens my cell door, and they all walk inside. The two behind grab my hands and make me kneel. They spread my hands wide as the one who opened my cell walked toward me with a needle in her hand. I can’t see clearly, but I’m sure it’s silver inside the syringe. I struggle to free my hands from the two women holding me, but I’m unable to. The leader finds a vein in my left hand and wastes