Chapter Nine
Secret Longings
Paige was kind of proud of herself, she had taken everything thrown at her, and Anya was still in the dark as to what would make her talk. Now, as they trod the softly carpeted hallway back to Anya’s suite, Paige felt she could relax. Anya’s calculating assessments of her were done, at least for the moment. Paige had reacted strongly to each one of the tortures; they all scared her, but none any more than the others. If Anya wanted to find out what Paige feared the most, they might as well play spin the bottle.
Yet, it wasn’t something that Anya planned that was Paige’s undoing. Like most insights, it came by accident.
Anya paused at a couple of men as they hung a painting in the hallway. “No, it’s crooked, push the left side up a little bit. Don’t j
