13. Join Me, Stranger

~Lucienne~

Daniel locked me in and then rushed out like he was being chased. Not like I cared but he could at least help me out of the handcuffs.

“So you'd kill yourself again, yeah right,” my internal voice, the one I created to act like my wolf voiced out in my subconscious.

“Well I need to set myself free,” I mumbled, then struggled to get off my feet. I knew he took the keys but there had to be other ways to unlock the cuffs.

I glanced around the dimly lit room, searching desperately for anything that could help me escape these cursed handcuffs. My eyes landed on a small table in the corner, where a rusty old knife lay discarded. With a glimmer of hope, I limped over and picked it up, ignoring the pain shooting through my wounded leg.

"Maybe this will do the trick," I muttered to myself, clutching the knife tightly in my hand. With trembling fingers, I tried to maneuver the blade into the small crevice of the handcuff, hoping to pry it open. But no matter how hard I pushed and