Chapter Six
She lost count of the days. She was given food and water twice a day and once she was led to a shower room to clean herself. Besides that, she was left in the cell without any answers. On the second day, a guard gave her a simple dress that she gratefully put on, hiding her nakedness.
She learned that the old woman was called Mhairi, but besides telling stories of her grandchildren, the other prisoner wasn't giving up any information. She'd been in the cell for so long that she feared how a shift would feel. Maybe it would kill her.
"Nobody has ever tried to ransom me," she said as Nessie asked her for at least the tenth time. "And they haven't had any demands for me either. They just put me in this cell and left me like a discarded toy. But I've told you that before."
Yes,
