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IVY
The events of the day were shocking but no less shocking than what happened to the other Prizes over the years. This was my new reality and I needed to accept it for what it was.
I took the time to recuperate not because I needed it but because it took me out of the Pool for a while. I didn’t want to see any of the fighters, no one but Kren.
He saved me.
He didn’t have to. He could have thought of me as a piece of meat like the others. I was sure no one else would have come to my rescue the way he had. Especially when it came to the pain and punishment he would receive.
They made their prisoners fight every day. If that was considered their everyday life, what did they do when they wanted to punish them?
“Ivy?” Harper said. “Are you awake?”
“Yeah. What is it?”
“Lily’s calling the Prize Pool.”
“She said I don’t have to join them today.”
“I know. But you’re going to want to be a part of this one.”
I rolled over and looked at Harper. She had a big grin on her face and a high-pitched squeal escaped her lips.
It could only mean one thing.
I hopped from my bed and joined the others on the dais.
The guards were leading a figure behind them. He walked a little slower than usual but I would have recognized his gait anywhere.
I couldn’t stand still. The other girls no longer paid attention to the victor in an effort to woo him.
“Go to him,” Lily said.
I looked at her. I was shocked. She never showed much heart before. Had I heard her right?
I didn’t care.
I squealed and leaped off the dais and ran toward him.
The guards stiffened but for once, stood back and let me break protocol.
I swung my arms around him.
He hissed through his teeth and I pulled back. He had a pained smile on his face. He held out an arm. The wrist flopped from one side to another and made me feel sick.
I wrapped my arms around him and breathed him in.
The girls at the back of the room sighed as they watched us. And who wouldn’t? If this were a scene in a movie, I would be crying like a baby.
We walked slowly into the hallway hand in hand. As partners ready to overthrow the world.
10
KREN
I washed her in the shower one inch at a time and kissed her body from head to toe as I dried her off.
We didn’t speak much. We didn’t need to.
