Interview 2

Ayla POV

"Once Julian decided to have a competition... He selected several slaves and then put them in separate cells, much like this one, only made of pure stone, with silver and wolfsbane on the walls, there was no place to sleep other than the floor, let alone a vase." I smiled wryly... Nadia had even stopped eating, but she ate a lot.

"I was 'lucky' to be selected. The competition was who could go the longest without eating or drinking..." I finished my plate and left it on the trolley. "They left us there, abandoned, but there were cameras to watch our 'progress'..."

I approached the left wall and leaned against it, smiling.

"I can say that I won that competition, after all, I'd learned early on that you can't be proud when you're very hungry... I