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it.”
    Steph beat a hasty retreat, muttering under
his breath, “Don’t want to make Wilson mad—he blinded his last
offender.”
    So, Kristi thought, Wilson’s temper is
something to be reckoned with, a trait that probably often gets him
what he wants . She was not at all
comfortable with this arrangement; being alone in an unfamiliar
room with a cruel man made her squirm anxiously.
    Wilson slammed the door shut then booted a
rickety folding chair into the middle of the room. Rust covered its
metal edges.
    “ You,” Wilson brusquely
pushed Kristi into the chair, towering over her. “Tell me how you
escaped us today.”
    “ There was a hidden room
behind the wall.” Kristi couldn’t think straight enough to even
consider lying.
    “ I already know that. Tell
me something I don’t know. Tell me how you got into the
room.”
    “ I’m not sure how I got
into the room. I just kind of slid my hand over a section of the
brick wall and a gap opened—”
    “ Don’t lie to me,” Wilson
said. The edges of his lips pulled backwards tightly, permitting
his two silver tipped canines to show. Kristi involuntarily
shuddered; his teeth reminded her of vampires. Wilson leered. “Tell
me now or—”
    “ I got you the ropes,”
Steph cut in.
    Kristi let out a sigh; she was certain
whatever Wilson’s threat was, she didn’t want to hear.
    Wilson snatched the ropes from Steph and
tied Kristi’s hands behind her back.
    “ Don’t try to lie to me,”
Wilson growled into her right ear. “Steph would be more than happy
to knock you around a bit. So here’s the deal. I ask you the
questions and you answer truthfully. If I like your answer, you’re
safe from Steph. If I don’t like the answer you give me, you’ll be
hurting for a few days. Do you understand?”
    “ Yes,” Kristi
whispered.
    “ Good,” he grunted. “Did
you use a special key to get into the hidden room?”
    “ No.”
    “ Then how did you pass
through the wall?”
    “ I touched the
wall.”
    “ Do you really think I’m
stupid?”
    “ No.”
    “ Tell me the truth if you
know what is good for you!”
    “ I did.”
    “ Don’t sass me. I had my
gang try getting through the wall and that included searching the
wall for any hidden levers. How do I get into the hidden room
within the walls?”
    Kristi debated whether she should lie and
please Wilson or continue telling the truth. She kept silent.
Technically, she wouldn’t be lying if she didn’t say anything; not
that lying to someone as vile as Wilson bothered her. Kristi
refused to admit it, but she was too scared to speak for fear of
infuriating Wilson.
    “ Answer me, ignorant
child!” Wilson snarled.
    She said nothing.
    Wilson let out a yell of frustration.
    She said nothing.
    “ Speak!” Wilson got a bit
red in the face.
    She said nothing.
    Wilson’s face took on a dangerous hue.
    She decided she better say something. Kristi
tried to string together some words, but was too terrified to
articulate any comprehensible sounds. Wilson mistook it for
defiance and kicked the chair Kristi was sitting on.
    “ This isn’t over yet,” he
said. Menace laced the edge of his tone. “We’ll finish this
tomorrow.”
    With that, he roughly shoved Steph aside and
stormed into a different room. Steph bolted the door to the
warehouse, followed Wilson and turned off the sole bulb lighting,
plunging the room into darkness.
    Kristi experimentally tugged on the ropes
binding her wrists, but they were securely knotted. Exhaling, she
wondered how exactly did she land herself in this predicament. She
had received more than she bargained for by going back to the
hidden room.
    Kristi spent the next two hours searching
for anyway to escape, but was unsuccessful. Eventually, her eyelids
drooped with exhaustion and she muttered, “This is going to be a
long night” before easing her way into an awkward sleep.
     
     
     
     
     
     

chapter five
     
    [ Troop ]
     
     
     
    Troop switched his
electro-slate into