Elizabeth's legs wobbled as she was yanked from the train and pushed toward a small house set in the middle of what appeared to be nowhere.
Shadows stretched long under the darkening sky, and the air was thick with an eerie silence. She barely caught her breath before her captor shoved her forward again, his grip unforgiving as he dragged her up a narrow path toward the door.
The house looked unremarkable at first glance, but as they drew closer, Elizabeth noticed the bars on the windows, the thick, steel locks that ran down the door's edge. Her heart sank. It wasn't a place anyone left once they entered.
Without a word, the man pushed her through the door, and Elizabeth stumbled inside, her gaze quickly sweeping the space.
Her stomach churned. In the dim lighting, she could
