“You can’t do this,” I said, my voice trembling slightly but filled with determination. “If you do, I promise—I’ll make you pay.”
David laughed, a bitter, low sound that sent a chill down my spine.
“I don’t know what’s happened to change you from the sweet innocent girl you were, but let me tell you something, Ella. You don’t frighten me. You have no power to stop me, and the sooner you accept that, the easier things will be for you.”
He walked to the other end of the room and stood behind the camera. I struggled to sit up, but it was difficult. It felt like my limbs were made of lead.
David was looking through the camera, adjusting something on the display.
“The drugs in your system will only grow stronger,” David explained as he watched me through the camera. “The heat w
