SARAH
Something wasn’t adding up.
With every hour that passed, I felt stronger. My mind got clearer, and the world around me became real again. How long had I spent in a dreamlike stupor, just trying to make it from one day to the next, while my sister and I had been imprisoned?
But now, I had food in my belly and warm clothes on my back.
I could think again.
And every instinct was telling me to hold my cards close to my chest.
I glanced over at the man walking beside me. I couldn’t understand why, but when he was around, I felt... better. Calmer, safer.
Even though I was in a strange place, surrounded by strange people. He had shown me great kindness, even if he occasionally seemed unsettled by me.
From the way he mentioned his father, I sensed that there was a lot more to the sto
