ELARA
My heart lurched with fear, freezing me in place as I realized what I had done. I had struck my captor, who happened to be a monster. What came over me? Different kinds of emotions flickered across his face, none of which boded well. I knew I was going to be severely punished even before he took another step toward me.
I thought about bolting, but that would mean disappearing through him as he stood like a wall between me and the door, glaring, stalking me like a predator about to pounce.
"Gerald..." I called lowly, trying to reason with him now that my anger had cleared, replaced by apprehension. "Leave me alone."
"You ungrateful wretch," he spat, fuming. "I kept you alive all this time, brought you from that prison even though you didn't deserve it, despite my people
