Chasing Adrianna

of the small, cold cell that had become her home. She wondered if Kyros and the rest of the camp would have noticed her absence by

r presence. She stared at the ground, her knees pulled to her chest, her thin arms wrapped tightly

to. It was the empty gnawing ache inside her chest, where her heart should have been-except she didn't have one anymo

too long since she allowed herself the luxury of tears. They didn't change anything. They didn't

ntest flicker of hope tried to break through the fog in her mind, but

His cold eyes settled on her without emotion. Adrianna didn't flinch. Her gaze remained defiant, though her

learn their names-gave her an appraising look,

her wrist, another forced march to a new, unfamiliar place. She had been thro

tepping closer, his hand reaching

't you?" he sneered, his

nly reveal the pain she refused to acknowledge. She had been through enough to

ising force, dragging her across the cold stone floor. Her legs threatened to give out beneath her,

nother commodity to be sold. Her heart hardened at the thought of it. Another place. Another pack. Another life she would be fo

craped against the rough earth, leaving trails of blood behind her as the metal cuffs bit into her skin. She could f

of the hunters barked, h

e same listless detachment she had adopted over the years. She sat ag

ir as they waited for whatever was next. They were probably expecting her to break, to beg, b

heart, a constant reminder of the life she no longer had any claim to. She had no idea where they

d. The clouds drifted, indifferent to the storm that brew

eyes as the wind whipped against her skin.

ver a

uld own her, control her, t