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  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
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  46. Acknowledgments
  47. About the Author
  48. A Sneak Peek of You Will Be Mine
  49. 1
  50. Back Cover

I’m kind of jealous at his ability to fall asleep that fast. I’ve never been able to do that, not even before this, not even when sleeping was safe.

I don’t dare look at Lucie. She’s on a top bunk across the room, so I could easily see her if I glance over. She’s traumatized by room five and was ready to give up then and there. She’s only here because I wasn’t going to leave her. So how soundly is she going to sleep tonight?

Is she lying there awake, too scared to close her eyes in case she’s back in that room, having Caleb pour endless amounts of icy water over her face?

There didn’t seem to be much reprieve, either. He reveled in keeping the torture coming thick and fast. When he removed the towel, his empty eyes stared dead, mouth curled into a smile.

Evil.

I want to get off this bunk and go to Lucie, but how can I do that when I can’t even move my head to look at her? She’s mad at me for not letting her run when Theo and I had the chance, and she’s mad that I made her come back in here.

That’s a whole lot of anger aimed in my direction, and I don’t want to piss her off any more than I have already.

I tap my fingers on my stomach under the cover.

Water is everywhere.

No, don’t go there!

I can’t start thinking about it. I can’t let it in…because it didn’t happen to this Piper.

Yeah, how long is that one going to work?

It actually only needs to work until tomorrow. I can almost taste the freedom.

We have to get out.

Above my head the speaker crackles and our nighttime song begins to play.

I close my eyes and feel a single warm tear trickle down the side of my head.

25

I wake to the sound of banging. What the…?

Sitting, I look around the room, disoriented, as my eyes haven’t quite caught up with my brain yet.

“What the hell is going on?” Theo asks, leaping out of bed.

I look around the room, scanning each bed. “Where is Lucie?” I ask, gripping the quilt and shoving it off. I swing my body around and scurry down the ladder.

Theo and I bolt out of the bedroom at the same time, Hazel and Priya just starting to get out of bed to follow.

“Lucie!” I shout.

My heart drops when I see the waiting room door open. Lucie is escaping! How did she manage that? Did they leave it open?