This man was horrid. If what he spoke was true, then women were starving and trapped somewhere.

“Anyway, don’t you worry, they can get away at any time. They’re weak and chained up, but they can still get out. I made sure of that. Their bears can help them to escape. All they’ve got to do is chew through their own flesh, and they’re free. No arms, no cuffs.”

“You’re a monster,” she said.

He laughed. “No. You see, if I were a monster, I wouldn’t have given them an ...