[Chapter 11: Terra]

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     "Good morning, my girls," a male voice rang in the dining room.

     "Good morning, Chris," Lizzy, Charlotte, and Amy chorused.

     I stared down at the ground. Please don't talk to me, please don't talk to me- "Good morning, Viola," Chris said, and I lifted my head to see him gazing at me.

     "Good morning," I said softly, my gaze flicking from Lizzy, to Charlotte, to Amy, to Chris, to the floor.

     Chris smiled. "What's for breakfast?"

     "It's not ready yet, but it'll be out in two minutes," Lizzy grinned. "Bacon and scrambled eggs."

     "Delicious."

     Delicious? It's fucking bacon and scrambled eggs!  I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs, ask what the hell was wrong with them, when the fuck I was going home, and why they were fine with him tossing us down in a basement with no color. But I kept quiet.

     When the food came out, I tried to smile like the other girls, and forced down the food. It was good, but eating around him made the food taste bitter and disgusting. When was Daniel going to find me?

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