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Elena

Slipping into e of the bed and finish dryingI heard on the radio earlier

I’ve asked my father numerous times for a cell phone or laptop, but he swears it’s for my own protection that I have neither, so the radio is all I’ve got Dropping the towel, a shiver skates downwet hair brushes over my shoulder

Bending down, I reach for the towel Before h the room It’s so loud and unexpected that a tiny shriek passes my lips

Who the hell is that?

I glance at the clock on the wall and realize it’s after eleven My father never calls for me this late, and besides him, who could it be? No one, that’s who Since o, my dad is the only person I have left I have no other fa nature

I wasn’t even allowed to go to school because he dee I’ve ever learned was taught tomy chest with one arm, I open the door and find Richi, one of uards, on the other side

“Miss Elena, your father wants to see you in his study” There is a strange look on his face, a mixture of fear and re how uncomfortable he appears to be makes me suspicious

“Now?” I ask, still a little shocked, given the ti?”

“Just come with me, please”

Oh no, so is definitely going on

“Okay, let et dressed real quick”