Gianna

We’re out in the field when Maya appears with the Beta beside her.

Disappointment spreads all through me because I was hoping that being out here was going to keep him away from me, but maybe that was just me wishing for too much.

I’m his slave, so why wouldn’t he talk to me?

His eyes are on me the whole time and I know I can’t escape this longer than I already have. I shouldn’t be a coward. Maya excuses herself and leaves the two of us alone.

“Ingrid.”

I lower my ...