Minka and Srina hovered beside her while she scooped rice and lentils out of a bowl with a crooked spoon. Dakshana closed her eyes and savored the flavor, the texture of the food. She drank water like a boy and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and how had she gone without this?
“Are you all right?” Minka asked softly. “Did he - hurt you?”
“I’m fine,” Dakshana said. “I --” She couldn’t say she escaped - he’d let her go. What had gone on? There had been something going on, something bigger than Chadstone’s game.
But she was free.
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