Chapter Sixteen

Helene

One, two, three, and four.

It's been four days since I've been locked up in this cell, and words cannot even describe how frustrated I am to be here.

I didn't have a problem with where I was locked up, but I had an issue with the fact that I was even locked up in the first place. For the last 21 years of my life, I have spent most of my time locked up, not just in my bedroom but also in my own body, because I was never allowed to do anything that I wanted to do.

I always had to suppress myself by doing whatever my father wanted me to do and not saying anything until he permitted me to. There was no greater prison than having to hold back all your life and do things against your will by living according to some ridiculous rules and regulations.

I was already traumatized by the fact that I never had freedom all my life, and that was what prompted me to leave my family and get away from my pack in the first place, so the fact that I ended up running away from something only to ru