All night I lie frozen on the bed, naked. I can’t get the image of how he killed Mary out of my mind, and I am freezing since the blankets peel off me every time he tosses and turns. Lexa has spent all night sobbing in my head. While I’ve spent all night trying not to piss off the man who has Alisha locked in the cage beneath us in the basement. I feel trapped, and it makes my skin crawl as I wrack my brain, trying to figure out how I haven’t realized he is a vampire all this time.
The bed dips as Jake gets up to pee, and my breath hitches in my throat as he flicks the lamp on. I squint at the brightness and watch him wander to the bathroom before returning. However, before I can close my eyes, he sees I am awake. He crawls onto the bed and hovers over me. The chains around my wrists and
