“Come on, after you’ve dressed we’ll eat, I’m fucking starving.”
After much reluctance on her part, I finally get Ida to sit at the dining cavern and eat with me. I wipe the back of my hand against a warm trickle at the corner of my lips, bringing the hand back down and finding it smeared with blood. XXNX They are filled with only warmth and love for me while pearlescent white teeth flash fiendishly, hinting at something a little less innocent. I wonder dryly, why the sight of it still has me surprised after all this time, until I remember that I’ve only been here five days. And how could forget Ida, my new friend, who is somehow more damaged than I am and yet is holding me right now, brushing sweat-matted hair away from my face and bringing a cool cup of water to my
