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I wrapped my arms around my stomach as if I could already feel the spark of life growing inside me.
“Why?” I said. “Why would they do this?”
“Because they can,” Lily said offhandedly. “And if we refuse—if you refuse—you will be taken away and never seen again, replaced by newly abducted creatures who won’t be quite so difficult to handle.”
“But why would they want us to get pregnant?”
Lily’s skin was drained. She might have aged ten years in the past few minutes.
No birth control.
No control over our lives whatsoever.
WAAAAaaaaaaaaaa!
The alarm sounded, signaling the arrival of another victor.
The first since the riots had ended and the guards regained control of the prison.
Half of us were numb to the noise. The other half immediately burst into tears.
“You must make your decision,” Lily said. “And you must make it now. Do you resist and be destroyed or do you submit?”
One by one, the girls peeled off, washed their faces, put on their makeup, and dressed from the gaudy collection in the wardrobes.
I didn’t move a muscle and just stared at Lily.
I expected to see a look of triumph on her face.
But there was no triumph in this situation.
Not even for her.
Only defeat.
The same defeat we suffered every day of our lives in this place.
I turned and trudged off to get ready for the victor.
The other girls worked to ensure their makeup was perfect, their dresses as revealing as possible, all an effort to please our new masters.
I spent most of my time ensuring my makeup wasn’t perfect. I didn’t want to be claimed by the victor.
I needed time to think.
So, I put on my make-up but used the wrong colors. I chose the least flattering dress we had in the wardrobe—a disgusting pink number with too many frills that hadn’t been worn by any of the girls since I arrived in this place.
I would figure out a way to acquire the ingredients I needed to control my reproductive system and ensure I never got pregnant.
And what would happen when I’d been with multiple fighters and I still showed no sign of being pregnant?
That was a problem for another time.
I thought about Ivy and the idea of her screaming through space on a shuttlecraft with her champion alien fighter at her side.
I didn’t know if that was the truth or not but it brought a smile to my lips anyway. The thought alone girded my spirits.
If she could get out of here, why couldn’t I?
