13
Ashton
I lay down on the floor and stared to the ceiling, the flames from the lantern in the corner creating weird shadows on the walls.
Now that I was here, now that I had stopped for a moment, the horrors of the past decade and a half came rushing into me as if a gate had been opened. I didn’t think I could turn off the lantern and sleep. Holy petals, I didn’t think I could sleep at all. Each time I closed my eyes, I remembered the pain, the screams, the mind games. And if I happened to sleep, nightmares assaulted my mind.
And now there was Hayley.
She hadn’t come out for supper earlier. I thought about knocking on her bedroom door and asking her if she was okay, but after the question she asked me—if I would take her back to Earth if she asked—I thought she was trying to avoid m
