Bonnie walked me back toward the hut. She’d have had to fetch a wheelbarrow to push me had I locked my heels any harder.
He’s going to shove that thing in me, and I’ll split apart. I’d seen how Bonnie struggled and she was far more voluptuous than me.
I felt far from up to the task.
Bonnie opened the door and soundly shoved me in. Slamming it closed behind me.
And leaving me with the monster.
“How was yer bath?” Mardichi was at the table. His heels up on the corner as he leisurely whittled at a bit of wood near his middle. His waving red hair slung around his shoulders as his head was tipped down. Blue eyes intent on his task.
I turned stiffly in his direction and chewed my lip.
“What would it take to make you let me go?” I blurted the only thing I could think. The same thought pour
