Finally Mina unlocks the door with a resounding clunk as a black iron key works its magic. I fly into the room, dropping to my knees at the sight of my best friend. Her poor body, her beautiful face. It broke my heart and I could barely see the leg restraints through my tears. “Roxie, roxie I tried to get here sooner, I’m so sorry,” but her head hung low against her chest. As if the fight had left her. How could that be when we were so close to getting her away from Austin?Mina silently unlocked the neck and leg restraints, aiding me as my emotions got the better of me. “Please Rox, I have been in this room, I know what he does.”Her head lifted slightly, and I cried out in horror. Red welts covered her cheek, One leg was completely raw and her long black hair had been singed and hacked away leaving her ragged and broken like a discarded doll.“Then you will know I deserve this,” she whispered. “Felix…is Felix alive?”“I don’t know, he is with Dex fighting now-”“No!” she whimpered,
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