Daybreak came like a flash. It was almost like I had never rested. My body hurt all over due to the fight between Baily and me the previous day. I hadn’t felt pain after the fight, but now, my body ached. I could manage it because I was tough and couldn’t be easily broken, but I just wished I could take a day off from the hard labor.
Madam Poof had come to my cell earlier because I wasn’t available during the just concluded morning rounds.
“Get up, Sophia,” she yelled as she flung open my cell door.
“Good morning, madam Poof,” I said, not moving an inch on my bed. I made my situation look so bad. I just really wanted to take a day off. I wondered how madam Poof would react. It wasn’t going to work. I doubted that she would fall for that. She was too wicked to buy my act.
“I’m not feeli
