The room seemed to tilt as Adrian's guards blocked every visible exit.
The quiet hum of diners and clinking silverware faded into the background as my focus zeroed in on Adrian's unreadable expression.
My heart pounded in my chest, the walls of the grand dining hall suddenly feeling like a cage.
"What is this, Adrian?" I demanded, stepping forward with as much authority as I could muster. "Why are you blocking all the exits? Let us go."
"You need to listen to me" Adrian said calmly.
"You have got to be kidding me, Adrian. I thought we had an agreement. You shouldn't be doing this to me, not after everything I told you about the way Bruno treated me" I said, trying to reason with him so he could let us go instead of caging us like animals.
