Bound To The Devil

d, her steps unhurried. Dahlia followed, tense, her heart thudding like a drum inside her chest. Every sound felt ampl

tood outside but didn't question Rosa's pres

g inside," Ros

of hint. She had questions as to why the guards were saying noth

Rosa's tone gav

he room, and the door

ar a visitor's tag. Her dark suit was perfectly tailored, her sleek black hair pulled into a bun. She

phone on her side of the glass

ad thought of what to say a hundred times. "My name is Claudia. I work for

her brows furrowing in co

p. "Simple! You accept my preposi

her voice cauti

work for, specifically, the boss. He shall be discussi

....you want me to accept some

for cooperation. It's a win for you, if I might add. It's not every day I c

. She wanted to know what exactly she wou

I said earlier, since it seems like you weren't listening, you

t went dry. "Wh

ur sentence. You become nobody and th

Claudia leaned back. "You'll receive more

ared at the now-silent receive

. Rosa stood there again, arms cr

o." she s

dia's visit still pressing against Dahlia's chest. She was struggling to

ng me to her?" Da

replied. "And because things are goin

owned. "Wh

of machines and the soft beep of a monitor were the only sound

Melanie doesn't

Yeah." Alarm bells rang in her head, warning her that

ightening. "Because

ahlia stepped back instinctiv

on. "Her name was Lisette. She was young. Pretty. Smart, like

ould say such words with something even as little as pity, not in

one wrong. She panicked. I was ord

-until I landed here. Until I saw her eyes and realized they we

oice shook.

my first year here. I didn'

s?" Dahlia asked, her voice risi

y. "I work for the same people Claudia works for, and trust me, they are anything but nice. You c

r mind reeling with thoughts.

sa said. "But I'm still here. And so are you. So t

emed to press in around her, the weight of everything-Claudi

e of her steps, her mind a swirl of conf

Dahlia stared at her for a while before she climbed quietly into her b

ing. Melanie had been trying to protect her-from Rosa. From the truth. F

t, the sound of Claudia's voice and

r stayed trapped between the cold walls of t

s: What was she