Hades left as soon as we had our food. My heart was racing when I walked out of the room, my eyes alert, looking for guards guarding us. But there were none. Except Khalid. Khalid was patrolling outside the building. As much as fewer people know about me, the safer it would be for me. That's what he told me. But the fact that my father didn't once come to see me, told me that something was not right. Either he had no idea that I was here, or Hades is keeping things from me.
My heels ached as I moved, the broken flooring was only making it worse for me to move. I had no shoes, no slippers to protect myself. With every step I took, I was injuring my feet more than the step before. I had to be quiet. Khalid was guarding the building. Any voice, and he would know I was escaping. And I can't
