Chapter 71

They were all derisive of the Moon families, contemptuous even. Alex had garnered some small amount of respect and fascination, although she doubted that he would be overjoyed to hear that, since the reaction was a group desire to see more of his debasement, to try and predict his reactions. She'd seen more than one bet being settled over his behavior. Bella's behavior was less interesting to them, apparently her reactions were similar to those they'd seen before, although more than one person had commented that if Alex hadn't been taking up so much attention then Bella might be more of a stand out. She had a grace under pressure, a steady bravery that kept her going.

Trish had actually started trying to emulate her in some ways.

When she'd first been taken she'd been nearly hysterical, and her first few days had been hard... but she'd seen how Bella stayed calm and just did whatever she needed to. And she didn't seem to dwell on t