Chapter 16: The Queen's Divide

Selene was escorted into a dingy room by Charlotte. It looked and smelled… dirty. The bed was a mess, the covers were strewn all over the place. The window was sealed by planks of wood, leaving the interior dark and musky.

“Do you have another—” The door suddenly shut behind her as she was talking. Then she heard locks clicking outside. She turned the knob and pushed on the door but it did not budge. “Let me out!” she shouted at the woman on the other side. She thumped on the door, kicked on it, smacked it with her hands. “Let me out!” she repeated but she did not receive any response.

She then heard heavy footsteps walking away from the door. She became from frantic and desperate. “If you don’t open this door, my friend will hurt you once he came back,” she threatened her. “You don’t know what you’re up against.”

She heard a hearty laugh coming from the outside. “Sure, sure,” the husky voice of the woman said. “As if he’ll come back.” The footsteps continued