Chapter 109 Chapter

Moving over to where the thick drapes covered the window, I pulled desperately on the embroidered fabric, crying out in despair when I saw the heavy industrial-looking metal shutter that had lay hidden behind the curtains. Running my hands around the edges, I tried frantically to find some small gap to prise open the shutter but there was nothing, no gap, no padlock, no button. Nothing. I slammed my fists against it, the metal vibrating and the noise resounding through the room. Staring at that blasted shutter, a cold voice whispered in my ear, sending icy tremors scattering like spiders across my skin. He had them put there for you. All of this is for you. I crumpled onto the chair in front of the antique dresser, wrapping the sheet around my body and tucking my feet up underneath me. Another mirror greeted me, the same girl with the same damn face; the one that told me it was pointless to fight, the one that told me to accept my fate, the one that told me that there was no escape fro