Chapter 6

Trinity

There was no way out. I couldn’t outrun him. I pressed myself against the wall, waiting for the moment that he would attack and kill me. His eyes were blood-red as he approached, looming over me. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think.

The fear was making me dizzy, but slowly, I started to accept that I was going to die and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt oddly calm, almost hysterically calm like I’d taken Valium in the middle of a gunfight or something. I felt on edge and oddly too calm. My hands were shaking. My heart was racing and my mind was so clear that I could almost see my memories glittering like little stars in my mind.

“Food has no right to run away,” he said. His eyes narrowed. “You’re asking for your death.”

My heart lurched as I stared at him. “You kidnapped me.”

His eyes narrowed at me as if he didn’t expect me to speak. It made me angry in a way that I couldn’t suppress.

“You’ve kidnapped and tortured me! You’ve done terrible things to me. What ma