Chapter 95

Valerie

I was surprised by the girl’s capability. Even in the dark, and cuffed at the wrists, she somehow managed to loosen the knot around my neck and remove the gag from my mouth.

I gasped in a breath of stuffy air, my skin raw from how tight the gag had been tied.

“They didn’t give you any, right?” she whispered. “You haven’t had any of that liquid?”

I shook my head, rubbing the sore skin of my mouth. “No, but…I watched them feed you some. Why aren’t you like the others?”

“I didn’t drink it,” she explained. “Well, I did, but I vomited as quickly as I could force myself. That’s the only reason I’ve stayed sane until now. They seem to think the stuff is just taking longer to work on me than the others.”

I had not heard her vomiting, but I supposed I was so distracted by the situation, I wouldn’t have noticed if someone keeled over dead beside me.

“You can see for yourself what it does to us,” the girl said. “I’ve done everything in my power to keep that stuff out of my body. B