Chapter 40

• I hadn’t spoken to Rylee in three days and I was currently sitting in the living room of the guest house with Nadia and Tina. Nadia had finally agreed to tell me her story and I had put my phone on record, which she agreed to.
• “I lived with my lair in Greenbay, Wisconsin. I was walking home after school when a van stopped at the curb and two men jumped out and grabbed me. They pulled a black hood over my head and tied my hands behind my back. We drove for hours and when the hood was removed I was in a large warehouse and I could hear screaming and crying. There were other girls there, some in cages and some in cells. At first I was taken to a cell and left there for a few days with three other girls. They announced it was inspection time and we were taken out of the cell one by one. I was forced to strip and they had a doctor who checked if I was still a virgin. I was and they seemed pleased by that, another man stormed into the room and he claimed that I was his bonded half. I was taken back to the cell and I could hear more shouting and arguing. After two more days the man that claimed me came to fetch me. He was cruel and he raped me that same night, saying that we had to complete the bond or I’d be sold. That’s how he kept me in line, he’d take me to that warehouse, always blindfolded, and show me the girls to keep me quiet. He would hit and rape me almost every day. One day I was too weak to even get out of bed and he left me at his house alone. That’s when I ran, I recognized Aurora and called Tessa to pick me up,” she said as tears flowed over her cheeks.
• “What’s his name?” I asked her.