A week had passed since Amelia was captured, and she was beginning to accept the horrifying possibility that Kai might not be able to find her. He had no way of tracking her, no clue where she had been taken. If there was any chance of escape, it would have to come from her and her alone.
But there was one problem: Lilac refused to free her from the chains.
Instead, she took care of everything herself, feeding Amelia, bathing her, treating her like a fragile doll. At first, Amelia had resisted, clenching her jaw, turning her head, trying to assert some shred of control. But Lilac was relentless. By the third day, Amelia stopped fighting, too drained to keep pushing back. Lilac always managed to get the food down her throat, whether by coaxing or force.
