I didn’t like the unknown. Structure and order were paramount to me. The image inside my head was rife with perplexity, making me want to bury it away where it could not bother me. “Are you hungry?” the man asked in a voice raspy from sleep. There was no way I was going to answer him. He had taken Daeglan from me, and while he had not yet hurt me physically, the emotional pain he had caused was traumatic enough. He accepted my silence, leaving the room without another word. I had hoped he would leave me in peace so that I could seek out the comfort of my swaying ocean, however, my luck was still against me. Not only could I not connect with the dark waters, but the man returned within minutes, drawing me back to my painful reality. When he entered the room with food, I told myself I would
