Thomas returned the next evening, using his key to unlock my cage door. The fact that this key could unlock every lock was something I still found hard to believe. 

"Wait," I said as he opened the door. "Can I try to escape? Just run for it?"

"It won't work," Thomas said, shaking his head. "Guards are mounted everywhere. They'd catch you before you made it ten feet, and then Dean would make your punishment ten times worse."

"So I'm still trapped." I said with an exasperated sigh.

"For now. ...