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“Listen, that doesn’t matter now,” I said. “We need to get out of here.”

His lips slowly covered his teeth, and one of his eyebrows rose as if to say, we?

Panic began to prickle up and down my spine. There was a possibility that this guy would abandon me here. The thought reawakened the hopelessness I had felt when I was alone in the room with Troy.

“Please,” I whispered. “I need your help. At least—at least let me out of these restraints. I-I’m sure I can handle things on my own from there.”

But I wasn’t sure of that at all. My legs had started to go numb before Night showed up, and now I could hardly feel them. My arms weren’t much better; I could move them and clench my hands, but even my upper body had started to lose feeling from lack of blood flow. However, Night didn’t need to know that right now. I could figure it out once I wasn’t in restraints any longer.

Night’s gaze shifted to the door. No, no, no, no!

“Please,” I said again, more forcefully. Tears stung in my eyes, but I