Chapter 17

Diana's POV

I lay on my bunk for hours, staring up at the dark ceiling and listening to the sounds of the other slaves sleeping around me.

I waited until I was certain that everyone was deep asleep. Until midnight had passed and the slave quarters were completely silent.

Only then did I carefully sit up and swing my legs over the edge of my bunk. I moved slowly, trying not to make any noise that might wake Raven sleeping below me or alert the other slaves nearby.

I had hidden a ...