Claire's POV
I felt it within me. The despair and the rage. My heart squeezed as I tried to keep my sobs silent. Of course Atticus would feel such powerful rage- but something else was also there. He was feeling fear, and that made me scared too.
I was strapped to a cold metal slab, making me tremble-not just in fear. I couldn't move my neck, they have a steel bound there. I'm pretty sure I'm naked too, and that alone was enough to conquer all fears. What would they do to me? I'm in a dark room, strapped to a metal slab, naked. And worst of all, I'm alone.
Someone coughed next to me.
Oh great, I'm naked in the dark, strapped down, next to an unknown person. He or she could be my potential killer. But then they did something that had my blood running cold. They spoke up.
"You'll get
