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“And to have a little more privacy.”
    I stepped in. The room was no bigger than fifteen by twenty. It was painted the typical sterile white. A cot was placed against one wall, a table, cupboards and a sink on the opposite wall. Otherwise it was empty. Not even a toilet.
    “There is a bathroom you can use down the hall in the mornings and before you go to bed.” Delaney picked up on my train of thought. “I will store your toothbrush and personal effects there.”
    They purposely didn’t want me to have a bathroom. They could control me better this way by keeping all items that could be used as weapons away from me and only used with supervision.
    “Well, since I don’t have to unpack or anything.” I turned to leave the room.
    “You don’t want a moment to settle?” Delaney asked.
    “Settle?” I lifted an eyebrow. “As comfy as the thin cot mattress looks, I think I’m good.”
    Liam snorted from the doorway and stepped aside to let me pass. Delaney nodded and followed me out. “Okay, we’ll take you to Dr. Rapava. I think he wanted to show you around.” She sounded relieved to be getting rid of me. She was acting pleasant and professional but was probably nervous as hell to be around me—a tainted human—one who was not totally stable and could kick her ass in ten seconds. Hence Liam. His ego would never allow him to doubt for a moment he could handle me.
    The pair led me to the elevator. Liam slid a card into a slot and pushed the button for the level above mine. I subtly glanced at the card in his hand before he shoved it into his pocket. All the cards I had seen before were white with a black DMG symbol on it. This card’s symbol was red.
    A key card was needed to obtain access to anything below the first three levels. I had never thought much about access, as I never needed to go below the third level. I figured it was for security reasons to protect it from outsiders. Now I knew it was to keep people in, not out.
    Anything below the first few levels of DMG were designed to hold or study fae. The more dangerous you were, the farther down you were held, becoming harder and harder for one to escape. I was detained one level below the middle, teetering on the fence between dangerous and a medium security risk. I needed to keep my behavior in check, stay on script, and gain their trust. Then I might have a chance to move up and be closer to freedom.
    Liam nudged me out when the doors opened and herded me down the hall.
    I spotted a camera at the end of the hall. Delaney saw the focus of my attention. “They don’t work.” Delaney swished her hand at it. “Been out ever since the storm. They utilize too much energy so we’ve kept them off.”
    “Hey.” Liam clicked his tongue, shaking his head at Delaney. “They work fine.” Liam’s voice held a threatening tone to it. Her face turned red and she dropped her gaze to the floor. This was definitely something she wasn’t supposed to tell me. Cameras weren’t working here. Good to know.
    They took me into a room where Rapava was mixing vials of colored liquid between tubes.
    “Ah, Ms. Daniels.” He took off his protective glasses and came around the table. He hadn’t called me that since before everything happened. The name coming from his mouth was like a slap in the face. I was named after Dr. Daniel Holt, “Daniel’s kids.” This whole time Rapava knew my true origin and how I got my name.
    Bastard.
    “Come with me, I want to show you what we are doing. How we are helping the human race.”
    Delaney and Liam left. Rapava took me around the different lab rooms, showing me the studies and the “progress” into fighting diseases and birth defects. He showed me nothing I could use against him. I felt he was giving me the tour he would do for the head of the FBI or government official checking on what he was doing here. It only displayed him in a good light, emphasizing the achievements and greatness he was doing to help mankind.
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