"Are you alright?"
This was the first time that I was able to speak to Anastasia, and even though she hadn't yet said anything to me, I could pick up on the fact that she had been worn down by what had just happened, and I couldn't even blame her for it. I felt worn down, and I wasn't even the one who had been hunted down and tied up in front of all of her peers. I couldn't even begin to imagine what was going to happen when she went out and walked amongst all of them, but if I had to take a guess, I would say that it wasn't going to be anything good.
To my surprise, Anastasia didn't answer me. As much as I would have liked to challenge her about it, I knew that I couldn't. I would be ruthless if I did, and I would be the only one to hold accountable for it. There was absolutely nothin
