When Katia opened her eyes, familiar darkness wrapped around her once more.
The faint light seeping through cracks in the omega quarters' walls seemed to mock her, a constant reminder of the fate she could never escape.
She stared at the ceiling's fractures, and suddenly Rena's severed head flashed through her mind. Those eyes that had once gazed at her with such gentleness had been filled with desperation and unwillingness in their final moment.
Tears flooded out without warning.
Katia scrubbed at her face with the back of her hand, but couldn't wipe them away fast enough. She curled into herself, burying her face against her knees, shoulders shaking violently.
She'd spent her entire life groveling for these people.
Since childhood, she'd believed that if she was just
