35. Home or cage

[Carys]

I sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly into the void of nothingness. And this time, it seemed as if the void was staring right back at me.

Nalini entered my room and made sure that every corner of the room was devoid of any sharp or pointed objects.

“I want to bathe,” I said, keeping my eyes fixed on the empty wall. She even removed the pictures from the walls. Maybe she thought the glass protecting the picture within could easily turn into a weapon that’d hurt her boss sir again.

Her eyes bore daggers into me, before she walked out of the room with the vases and pictures.

My body relaxed only once she had left.

The window. My only chance to escape from this place was that window.

As for freedom from this brand…

I placed my hand on my chest. The feel of his lips was still as fresh as the live wire on the brand scar.

If killing my master was the only way to free myself from this brand, then… I don’t think that’d be possible now.

Nalini came back with a white