Chapter 40

Iris

I don’t sleep for two days.

Not because I don’t want to. My body is begging for rest. But when I close my eyes, I hear their boots, their laughter, or the dripping water that feels like it’s counting down the seconds of my sanity.

The pack warriors come and go.

Food is thrown into my cell.

Kicks are too.

I’m also given words that cut deeper than knives.

“Did you hear what happened to Zane?”