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Five
     
     
    Selene was jarred awake by the sound of a door slam. Her hands instantly went to her neck as pain shot through her spine. The tendons had become stiff as she slept on Nick’s shoulder through the night.
    Nick’s body tensed beside her, and he turned in the direction of the door. “Patience,” he whispered. “We’ll get out of here soon.”
    She hoped he was right.
    As he stood over by the bars, she examined him further. He was built and tall. Hard around the edges, but yet he’d been so gentle, ensuring her throughout the night to stay calm. His voice was deep, soft…and eased her fears. If it wasn’t for him, she probably couldn’t remain in the right state of mind. She’d never been locked up in a cell like this and held against her will.
    His bronzed muscular back rippled as he gripped the bars. His toffee colo red skin complexion reminded her of the candies she had always loved as a child. There were tattoos on eit her side of his arms . They were symbols of some sort. His head had been shaved, as if with a sharp razor. He was nearly bald.
    Two men came down the stairs. They weren’t the same one’s who’d thrown her in the cell last night. One of them carried a tray in his hands. He bent down and slid it under the cell.
    Selene thought she he ard a growl escape Nick’s lips.
    “Do you think we’ re stupid ? It’s poisoned!” He used his foot to push the tray back under the cell. The blunt force caused it to crash into the opposite wall and the bowls of soup splattered across the walls and onto the guards’ pants.
    One of them came to stand outside of the cell, meeting Nick in challenge. “It seems you can’t be contained by cell. Perhaps you’d like to be tied up again like the rabid animal you are?”
    “Do with me what you will, but what did she do to deserve being in here?”
    “Direct orders from Darius.”
    “She’s a woman, for God sakes. Have respect.”
    The guards gaze shifted toward her. Selene lowered her gaze to the floor.
    “The bathroom. We need to use it,” Nick hissed.
    “There’s a drain on the floor behind you.”
    “You asshole! You’ re no better than that sick crook who leads you.”
    “If you really need to piss, that’s where you should go.”
    “The woman… you want her to pee on the floor?”
    The guard shuffled his feet a bit, as if unsure on what to do. “Alright. One at a time. The human goes first.”
    Selene rose on shaky legs from her sitting position. She met eyes with Nick as she walked toward the open end of the cell.
    “It’s okay,” he whispe red, and then turned his attention to the guard. “If either of you so much as touch her, I’ ll rip your throat out.”
    The threat seemed real, but the guard leading her to the small bathroom stall never laid a finger on her.
    “Quickly,” he ordered, and shut the door behind her.
    The first thing she looked for was a way to escape. It was pointless. The windows were barred and someone had hammered a board over it from the outside .
    As she knelt over the toilet, careful not to touch the su rface of it, she exhaled, releasing the water she’d been holding in her bladder throughout the night. She would have died from absolute embarrassment if she were made to piss in the drainage on the floor while Nick and the others watched .
    The water in the faucet was icy cold, but she rubbed her hands of dirt and blood anyway. Then she brought handfuls of water to her mouth, quenching her thirst. The mirror about the sink was old and clouded over with dust. She took the heel of her palm and cleaned off a corner of it. The ref lection that stared back revolted her. She looked like one big hot mess. Like a wild woman.
    She dipped her head and splash ed water over her face and a ttempted to rub her face clean.
    “It’s enough.” The guard rapped on the door. “Your time is up.”
    “Okay. Coming.” Using just the water, she ran her fingers through her hair combing it back and out of her