Chapter 96

• EMMA QUEEN.
• He takes my hand and we walk down the hallway of his floor. Everything happens in slow motion. A young woman who had been locked up for years may know the impurities of living in that night, may know what her hidden desires clamor for when the sun sets.
• The hallway is not deserted, every now and then a woman or a man passes by, looking at me with desire even though Ashton is present. The disdainful looks from the women now feel more like a compliment than an insult. No one here pretends anything, if they don't like you, they don't like you, period.