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I woke to the fah the food slot in the bottoht in fear and anticipation Hungrily, I snatched the sed it far from the door to where Cammie slept But where Cammie usually laid curled up in slumber, there only remained a tattered blanket and straw

I hung h to survive the experiments Feere, I was one of the lucky ones If you considered being tortured and beaten on a regular basis and survive being lucky

With an air of renewed deterh the slot in the door and saw boots covered by the blood red robes of one of the Septori He slowly s of food to the other prisoners I hunched by the slot waiting for him to pass rabbed the hem of his robe He stumbled to a halt

Gathering my voice I croaked out “Cammie? What did you do with Cae e only increased and so did my voice “What did you do with her? If you hurt her, I’ll-”

“You’ll what?” he interrupted “You haven’t succeeded so far in protecting any of the others, so why now?” He kickedit to the floor before I could yank it under the flap He leaned down, putting pressure on ritted ainst the pain

He peered at me under the flap and I could see the bottom half of his face and the crooked teeth that lined his sneeringhis na

“Don’t worry about your friend,” Crow spoke slowly, cruelly “She has outlived her usefulness to the Raven He was extremely disappointed in her results, she lacked, what did he say? Oh yes, the determination to live; unlike you The Raven was displeased that you weren’t able to help hiht”

Cocking his head to the side like a bird he went on “He was quite angry and unnecessarily took it out on the girl So in fact, what happened to her is your fault” His eyes lit up with joy in sharing the news He used his dirty fingernail to dig at one of an to pool I could see the red-raised skin of the brand that marked him for a member of the Septori; two slash marks within a circle

“Such a pity that she doesn’t have your strength But few do” He slowly raised his hand covered in my blood to histhe pressure on my pinned wrist Quickly, I pulled it back into the darkness ofbeen touched by one of the hated and vile Septori I was horrified and disgusted at what he had done

“You lie!” I yelled uselessly at the locked cell door

“Do I?” Crow’s voiced crept through “You will learn soon enough You may even see firsthand what’s left of her when the Raven sends for you tonight And ht” His evil laughed echoed behind him as he walked away and out the door

Normally those words would turn me into a terrified bundle of nerves But I was too shocked by what had just happened and the news of Caet emotionally attached to the other prisoners I had learned my lesson after my first cellirls ca as me But this one was different She was different A loud droning noise filled my ears and I placed my hands over the the noise and it was only getting louder with my pain