Slowly, I turned to look back in the direction of the fireplace. My breath caught in my throat when I saw that they had put a pot of boiling water on top of the stove. The pot was surrounded by white ashes. It had been burning for days without stopping. I couldn't believe that it was still hot. Why the hell hadn't anyone stopped it? Wasn't someone going to check on it? How long was it going to cook the meat? What were they waiting for? I was sure it was almost cooked now. But none of them was paying any attention to it. Instead, they continued to stare at me.
"Well, what do you know?" said one of the men, looking at me with a sinister smirk. "They actually managed to capture a human being." He chuckled to his friend.
"Yeah, they did," replied the other guard. He was grinning evilly as if
