Chapter Fifty-Three

  Amanda

  After the dinner, where I'd been restricted to a strict diet of vegetables only, I was led back to what would be my room. It was unlike the red room I had been in before. This one was simpler. The bed was small, just a twin size, but the room was so tiny it made the bed look huge. It had a small dresser wedged in beside it and a couple of threadbare blankets spread across the mattress. I barely had room to turn around and there wasn't much else in there. I didn't even have a closet, just a couple of polls with a rod hung between them.

  "You'll start in this room, Alessa. If you're good and obey me, you can be upgraded. My favorite Luna gets a suite fit for a queen. Get a nap in, because once I return we're going to be very busy getting to know each other."

  I repressed the urge to shudder. "Thank you,' I forced the words through grit teeth. I hadn't even wanted to give him that but I needed to get on his good side.