I lay in my bed hours after Eve had left me. I could not imagine the barbarism practiced out here in the wild. I could see why Lucien never returned the same. I didn't think I would ever remain the same, I felt crippled by trauma.
“I need to leave this place,” I whispered, with my hands under my head and face forward.
“Or you decide to live,” Crystal said.
“What?”
“If you don't live amongst these people and blend in, there will be no chance of escape, Corrigan.” She explained.
Well aside from her prompts to flee at the healer's house that might be the only life-saving thing Crystal ever said to me. She had the habit of disappearing into the shadows when it mattered.
“Well then Crystal, tomorrow, we live!” I said, following with a deep breath. I adjusted in my bed for comfort but
