CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN TYLA Point of View The creaky floor outside my room made my heart flutter. I knew the slow, heavy approach was unmistakably Jonathan. My heart thudded against the cage of my ribs, but I was breathing slower, my muscles to release. I pulled the thin blanket up to my chin and shut my eyes tightly, faking sleep. The last thing I wanted was to have another spate of his vile insults, his sneering voice heavy with contempt as he analyzed each failing. I'd had enough of that in the last few weeks, trapped in this dingy, cave-like room with the flaking walls and the graying stain of mildew attached to the atmosphere. The door creaked a little wider, and I felt him coming towards me, bearing down. His odor, the acrid bite of tobacco and perspiration, preceded him, a scent that had become linked to terror. My face relaxed, my respirations light and regular, and I hoped he'd tire and leave. Jonathan wasn't that sort of fellow to let an opportunity pass, though
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