DARWIN I took the phone from Sarah who had just informed me I had a call. I didn’t appreciate the disturbance when I was reading, but it might have been important. "Hello, who is this?" "We are calling from a hospital at Crescent heart. A certain Lillie Rome has escaped from the hold and has
LILLIE I struggled against the cuffs holding me against the bed. It had been two days since I found myself in this goddamned place! Funny how I had been jumping from frying pan to fire, from one bad situation to an even worse one. "Fucking bastards!" I spat and laid back in bed, my chest bur
LILLIE Moments later, Daniel and Darwin have returned to the ward. David pushed to his feet and walked over to them. I listened as they talked. Apparently, Darwin had spoken with the Doctor and she tendered her deepest apologies for what she did to me. But it wasn't relevant. So long as she
Two cars and a driver waited by the parking lot. Daniel headed to the first and Darwin followed. "Shouldn't you join your brothers?" I asked just as David climbed in with me. He pulled the door close and smiled. "Don't you want me here with you?" "No, it's not that." I replied quickly, turni
LILLIE "Oh my God, you're alive!" Logan tightened his hold around me. "Yes, I am," I pulled away and cupped his cheeks, a wide smile on my face. "It's so good to see you." "And you too," His eyes brimmed with tears and he turned away. "I thought something bad happened to you. I thought that
"Details are necessary." Said Daniel. "Tell us everything that happened and how it happened." "I was able to escape but I fell into the hands of the Anjals and it was a rollercoaster ride of terrible events," My hands trembled as I spoke. It was still fresh in my memory- everything I went through
DARLA With one leg crossed over the other, I cosied up in my bed. I'd buried my nose in a book for the whole of today, trying futilely to distract myself from my thoughts. It was almost impossible as sometimes, I found myself drifting away from the words before me, into my thoughts and followi
LILLIE As I walked back to the servant's quarters, all I could think of was how whoever I caught in an act or plotting against royalty always made it out of the palace one way or the other, even before anyone could realise. How they were able to escape was beyond me and knowing I didn't want t