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Chapter Ten
Adam puts on the gloves but he doesn’t touch me. “Let her
up, Roland. I’ll take it from here.”
The boot disappears. I struggle to my feet and stare at
nothing. I won’t think about the horror that awaits me.
Someone kicks in the backs of my knees and I nearly
stumble to the ground. “Get going,” a voice growls from
behind. I look up and realize Adam is already walking away.
I’m supposed to be following him.
Only once we’re back in the familiar blindness of the
asylum hallways does he stop walking.
“Juliette.” One soft word and my joints are made of air.
I don’t answer him.
“Take my hand,” he says.
“I will never,” I manage between broken bites of oxygen.
“Not ever.”
A heavy sigh. I feel him shift in the darkness and soon his
body is too close so disarmingly close to mine. His hand is
on my lower back and he’s guiding me through the corridors
toward an unknown destination. Every inch of my skin is
blushing. I have to hold myself upright to keep from falling
backward into his arms.
The distance we’re walking is much longer than I
expected. When Adam finally speaks I suspect we’re close
to the end. “We’re going to go outside,” he says near my
ear. I have to ball my fists to control the thrills tripping my
heart. I’m almost too distracted by the feel of his voice to
understand the significance of what he’s saying. “I just
thought you should know.”
An audible intake of breath is my only response. I haven’t
been outside in almost a year. I’m painfully excited but I