Chapter 44: Bullshit.

Aurora POV

Hearing the heavy footsteps creek along the old hallway floorboards outside my room; my heart pounded wildly in my chest. There were only a few reasons anyone walked along the top floor of the house; it was either to come to torment me, or if they were feeling gracious, they would throw me their leftovers. Although most of the time, it was days old, stale and riddled with mould; I ate it like it was a 5-star meal! Never had I known hunger like this!

And then there were the daily visits by Luke, with the fucking darts he shot at me from the doorway, laced with wolfsbane and fuck knows what else. I haven't heard from Ava or even felt her since the night we tried to escape. Making me think there had to be long-term effects to the amount of shit they kept putting into my system.

Given that I had barely healed from the beating the night in the parking lot and numerous others, they enjoyed giving me whenever they were bored or pissed off. I was starting to wonder if I would eve