Ensnared
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“You don’t belong here.”
Tears spilled from Ivy’s eyes.
Where do I belong?
Ivy pulled her bottom lip into her mouth and bit it, hoping the pain would divert her thoughts.
It did not.
It’s because I’ve been so lonely. Because I’ve yearned for someone to hold me, to care for me. Because it’s been so long since…since anyone has touched me like that.
It’s because no one has ever touched me like that. With such…reverence.
The nest swayed. Ivy felt the monster moving closer, but she didn’t want to look anymore, didn’t want to see it. She curled up even further and nestled against the wall; she would’ve squeezed herself right through it if she’d been able to.
“The Eight hold no power here,” Ketahn growled, turning toward Deepdelve Tunnel. “Not so long as she rules.”
“You are not half so clever as to veil your insults in mock praise and have it elude my notice, Ketahn,” she rumbled.
Ivy clutched the steering wheel as her stomach twisted into knots. Those knots coalesced in a cold, dense ball of dread, so heavy it threatened to drag her down, down, down, and she knew she’d fall forever and ever into darkness and no one would hear her screams, no one would come save her.
Because right now she had no one.
And she really, really needed someone.
Only out here could he set aside the past. Only out here could he imagine any sort of future.