Chapter 18 - In the Hollow Hole I
Aurora
Hot tears streamed down my face as I sat naked on the hard floor. My knees crushed painfully into the dry rice grains beneath me. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to muffle the sound of my weeping.
If Knox heard me crying, it would only make him angrier. I had made a mistake of telling him earlier that I wasn't hungry. I had missed a single meal, and his anger had exploded instantly because he believed I was trying to lose weight, a betrayal in his eyes—an attempt to ruin the masterpiece he claimed he had created. Me.
I was just a foolish, naive girl who had come to the city looking for a fresh start, only to land straight in the hands of Knox.
Knox was my savior. He showed me the way, yet he was my tormentor.
I tried to shift slightly to eas
