Greta when she walked

e made its way through Portwick. Everyone knew

returned to the room that had

the life they had shared, a sharp, overwhe

r shoulder or the one buried deep in

never known before, not even during those y

there, dazed,

umber lit up

oman. Do you want to come stay

ed without

yone ever again. All she wanted was to leav

eading, her conscious

felt herself dragged back to the Red Delta, b

hen, thrown into an iron c

could survive even this, she woul

then. Eighteen pairs of eyes gleam

n, dodge, and keep moving, until her strength failed her comp

nstead, the scent of meat drew all eight

tossing chunks of flesh to the wolves, t

ruck, blade flashing, killi

er with an innocent face

htly. "Stick with me, and I

e laughter faded, closed h

e, she felt someone

s, fingers inte

us, she murm

the next instant, he

as he grabbed her by the sho

r eyes again, the sm

re eyes bloodshot wi

d coldly. "Look carefull

as E

l, a chill drunkenne

ta realize she wa

brought

ably

agged her so roughly, tearing o

d flesh was splitti

ed with d

herself to turn over, presenting her back to him, un

h clenched teeth, "I never knew yo

. "You're

violently, trembling as

s though someone had fired straight through her he

claimed her past

eone could rise from the muck

e called h

utside the door. "Watch her.

he added, "And don't

of Mr. Kirk is coming up. We'll all be att

oldly. "I've been remembering some things lately. On

continued. "If she really wants to leav

has nowhere to go. She won't

aded. Ethan

back, her eyes fixed

m her shoulder, but sh

t was th

underestim

being thrown back into it

leave. She, in turn, bet