I’m rolled onto a stretcher and carried from the cage. I catch pieces of conversation. ‘Just let me shift with her.’ Daisy’s voice, tight and angry. ‘No.’ Definitely Daniel. ‘But she’ll take weeks to heal from these injuries. I don’t understand why you’re being so—’ ‘Daisy, go to your quarters an...
I can’t have been out long because the rattling air conditioner hasn’t had time to take the warmth from the room. My leg throbs. ‘You scream like a girl.’ Rafa sits on the bed next to me. ‘I am a girl.’ He glances down at my bare legs. ‘I’ve noticed.’ I struggle to sit up. All I’m wearing is a t-...
There’s no chance Daisy will help us—no way she’ll break Nathaniel’s trust—if Mya knows about it. I turn to Ez. ‘Can we go now—meet them down there?’ Her brow creases, but she nods. ‘Sure.’ ‘Can we shift?’ Ez hesitates for just a second and then reaches for Jude and me. We arrive next to one of t...