chapter 21

Sage He is letting me out of this prison. Finally, I don’t feel like I’m trapped against my will. Well, not entirely yet, but it’s close enough. And now, I will have the opportunity to slip from his clutches, as long as I keep calm and look for an escape route. His guard will be up the moment we step outside. I quickly get changed in the clothes Zane dropped over. "I don't want to go," Sierra whines in my head, but she smells it too. Nothing, not even the stench of the bleach, as potent as it is, can ever cover the scent of blood coming from under the basement door. Honestly, I am curious about what is down there, but also insanely terrified to find out. I have enough things in my head that I'll never be able to unsee, enough nightmares to last a thousand lifetimes. I really don't need the skeletons he keeps in his closet added in there, or rather the basement in this case. At first, all I could smell was bleach until I caught the faint traces of something else when he opened that door