The slam of the door echoed in the sudden quiet. I was alone on the bed, cuffed, my mind a whirlwind. 

Surely he can’t just… leave me like this? 

The thought was absurd, yet the cold metal on my wrists said otherwise.

To my left, Brie was pushing herself up, her movements somewhat unsteady. She didn’t close her legs as she stood. She just… let them be, which was dangerously potent.

The slight wince, the tiny squirm as she found her balance, and the white trickle sliding from her ...