"It's the western part of the district! They're attacking our food resources!" Frank hurriedly spoke, even as Cain nodded his head to show that he understood.
Violet remained sitting on the bed with a worried expression on her face as different thoughts scrambled through her mind. If he leaves, then I'll be able to open the doors! Her hands tightened against the sheets as she realized the repercussions of what she had been told to do.
People would die—Cain's men! And she would have been the reason for it. Yet, no matter how much Violet thought about it, she couldn't also refuse to do it, especially since it would be her family that would die the second Rexter found out that she failed to do her job.
Tears formed in her eyes as she scrambled off the bed. For a second, when she had been about to quietly watch a movie with Cain, she had forgotten where she was and why she had been specifically put there—only to remember all at once.
