KARINA I started walking quickly down the dim, damp stone corridor, desperately trying to put as much distance as possible between myself and the massive communal dining hall, but my escape was abruptly cut short. Sasha stepped into my path near the stairwell, violently shoving her hands directly into my chest and driving me hard against the rough stone wall. "Are you seriously just going to turn your back and walk away from me, you pathetic coward?" she demanded loudly, stepping firmly into my personal space so her foul, aggressive scent completely overwhelmed my senses. I tried to push her away, my hands shaking with a mixture of sudden fear and a rapidly rising anger, but she simply laughed cruelly and shoved me again, pinning me tighter against the cold rock. "You are nothing but

