ROLAND'S POVThey came for me before dawn. I had laid on the cold floor, curled togther only to wake up to hands hauling me up by the arms, rough enough to wrench a groan out of me before I'd even fully surfaced from sleep. The scarred man was there and he was here alongside two others I hadn't seen before, their faces blank and businesslike in the dim light."What's happening," I said, my voice still thick with sleep, panic already climbing up my throat.Nobody answered or looked at me nstead, they dragged me toward the door, my legs unsteady beneath me. They were still weak from days of little food and constant pain."Where are you taking me!?”The scarred man immediately shoved a rough burlap sack over my head, plunging me into darkness, and my breathing turned ragged, panic clawing higher."Wait," I said, struggling weakly against the hands gripping my arms. "Just tell me where you are taking me to.’A fist connected with my stomach, hard enough to double me over, the air rush
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