“You’re lying!” I spat at the man on the other side of the cell. His dark green eyes danced over my features, his jaw hard set. “I am not like you. I am no monster.”

He rolled his eyes at my words. “Is that supposed to hurt me?”

I let out a growl that had never come from me before. I tugged at my restraints but the harder I pulled, it felt like they were only getting tighter.

The man walked toward the bars of the cells, his eyes darkening as ...