EPISODE 13

ELIANA

It's been roughly a week since I've been here and I've had more tranquillity than I've had at the orphanage. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

In a strange way, I feel safe, in this place, in his arms even though our relationship is merely sexual, I don't feel like a prisoner at all. I'm free to eat what I want, wear what I want, do what I want, even though there's not much to do. And I mostly spend time in the den, reading, letting the world fall away. Or I'm in my bedroom or in the garden, drawing.

It had the best scenery so I come here more often, it's somehow become my favourite spot in this humongous house. It was so peaceful out here and sometimes the calm scenery made me fall asleep and when I wake up I'm always back in my room.

I always thought one of the guards carried me back to my room, I always had one stationed with me but then I found out that it wasn't any of the guards that'd been bringing me back but Luca.

And deep down, I always felt a warm sensation cou