Nyrissa lay in bed staring out the window towards the skyline. She had been awake for a long while. But she couldn't bring herself to move. She could hear the men rumbling around the room next door but did not want to face them just yet.

Last night, after she had run away, she ended up crying so long and hard that the pillow was still stained with her tears. Even over her tears, she had heard their lovemaking in the other room. Every part of her screamed to go to them, tell them the ...