Clara Bennett “Eat your damn food,” the new female guard snapped, shoving the metal tray across the floor toward me. Her name was Lena, and she had a permanent scowl etched on her face. She was tall, muscular, with short-cropped blonde hair and cold eyes that looked like they enjoyed this kind of work. I sat chained to the bed, wrists raw from the metal cuffs, and stared at the tray. A stale piece of bread and some lukewarm porridge that looked like it had been sitting out for hours. My stomach growled painfully, but I turned my head away. “I’m not hungry,” I muttered, even though I was starving. Two days of this. Two days of being slapped for talking back, starved when I refused to cooperate, and treated like an animal. Lena laughed coldly and stepped closer. “You think you’re too good for this? Princess still waiting for her big bad wolf to save her?” She grabbed my chin hard, forcing me to look at her. “News flash, sweetheart. No one’s coming. Victor owns you now.” Before I co
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