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  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
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  46. Acknowledgments
  47. About the Author
  48. A Sneak Peek of You Will Be Mine
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Narrowing her eyes, she snaps, “Are you stupid? You heard what I said.”

“I heard. Now, let’s go.”

“Piper!”

“No!” I shout. “Stop being a bitch and get back to the room now. If tomorrow you want to offer your head on a platter to them, so be it, but right now, after what’s just happened to us, you need to come back.” I widen my eyes, trying to tell her there’s been a development. That we might all have a chance of getting out of here alive.

Lucie frowns, tilting her head to the side like she’s trying to figure something out.

Yes, get that I’m telling you something. Trust me one last time.

“Fine, but if I still feel like this tomorrow…”

“Then you do what you need to. Okay?”

She dips her chin in agreement and we both stumble to the door. Most of the water was on my face, but the neckline of my top is damp and cold. I don’t care enough to stop and get fresh clothing.

Lucie and I run out of the room with unsteady legs and almost slam into the wall in the corridor. I place my palms on the wall and take a breath. Lucie sobs and slaps her hand over her mouth. “Piper, I want to get out of here.”

I’m not sure whether here refers to this hallway or the building as a whole, but I agree that we need to keep moving. I take her hand and push away from the wall. My legs, weak from either the water torture or shock, carry me slowly along the hallway to the door of the orientation room.

We press on, clinging to each other like we’ll fall if we let go, and pass through the clothes room, the random empty room, through the waiting room, and back into our space.

We’re here.

I tug the door shut behind it and wince as it slams. Not two seconds later, it clicks locked. My shoulders sag.

24

Theo jumps to his feet a nanosecond after we enter the room. “Are you two okay?”

My eyes, stinging from the water attack, find the TV. It’s on, and the room we just ran from is still on the screen. Everything is where it was, the buckets, the beds, the towels. They haven’t been back to tidy yet.

I turn around, not wanting to see that room ever again.

“They kept turning the TV on,” Theo adds. “We were told to watch and feared what would happen if we didn’t.”

They all saw what you went through.

I hold my hand up. “I understand.” They could have been sent to one of those rooms for not watching—how could I be mad at them?

“Lucie, are you all right?” Priya asks.

“No,” Lucie replies and curls up on the sofa. She buries her head in her knees and ignores everyone.