Starving in the Dark

KAELIA'S POV

"Did you sleep well, Princess?" His voice wrapped around the syllables like silk dragged over gravel.

I stared at his wet, bare chest, my hands still curled into tight fists at my sides. He stood there with a mocking smirk, dripping water onto the floor, expecting me to cower or scream. Instead, I forced the corners of my mouth up. I stretched my lips into the fakest, most exaggerat