Chapter One
Trapped. Caged in. Locked up.
I shook my arms out, trying to convince myself not to slip back into panic.
Watched. Helpless. Weak.
“Stop it, Lanni.” I pushed myself off my bed and started pacing the small space the room Mari and I shared allowed. The walk from our kitchen to the closet wasn’t far, but it only took three passes for the wound in my calf to start throbbing.
They’d pulled out the shrapnel from the bomb and patched me up, but I was still supposed to stay off my leg and give the ripped muscle time to heal.
I didn’t care.
I would’ve sprinted around the domes if I could. I needed the pain. It gave me something to think about besides being trapped in my room.
Trapped. Prisoner. Alone.
“Shit.” I dug my fingers into my too-short hair as my breath started coming i
