Chapter 108
ANASTASIA MULBERRY
“We can’t stay here.” Anastasia murmured after a few lengthy minutes, only after she was certain that there were no wolves lingering around the door outside and could possibly overhear their conversation or rather, grand escape plan. Except, she had still yet to come up with a solid plan and with her zero knowledge in this kind of thing, she was sure that it would be far from grand but as long as they escaped, then neither of them could complain.
If they managed to survive, of course.
“No, but where are we going to go?” Thea asked with a desperately wild look in her eyes. “We don’t even know where we are!”
“We don’t, but we can’t stick around here.” Anastasia insisted as she reached into her pocket where she had been hiding the scalpel that she had swiped from Heena earlier. She had purposely hidden the scalpel away and stored it in her pocket for a lengthy amount of time.
Both Anastasia and Thea had kept quiet about it, especially when Harvey returned a short while later with a sandwich and bottle of water for the both of them. He hadn’t said a word to either of them and instead, dropped off their food, sent Anastasia a sharp look before turning around and heading out of the room. Although, unfortunately, he didn’t forget to lock the door behind him.
While she was very tempted to devour the sandwich as her stomach ached from how hungry she was – unable to remember the last time that she had eaten properly, before the few mouthfuls of noodles which only seemed to make her even hungrier – she knew that once she escaped, she would have the rest of her life to enjoy as much food to her heart’s content but for now, they needed to make it out of here alive.
“Did you not hear what they said?” Anastasia asked her sharply as she rattled around with the chains around her left wrist, trying to pick the lock to set herself free, barely sparing Thea a glance as she spoke. “They’re going to take us away from here where no one will be able to ever find us.”
“What do we do?” Thea asked in a small, panicked voice as she blinked at the woman in front of her.
“I don’t know, but I don’t plan on sticking around here to find out.” She shook her head frantically as she continued trying to pick the lock, twisting the scalpel as she felt around the inside the mechanisms, a look of concentration taking over her face. “Now, I don’t know about you but I’m getting out of here. If it’s the both of us together, we have a greater chance of successfully escaping but if you don’t, then I’ll have no chance but to leave you here.” Anastasia shrugged her shoulders in a nonchalant manner, a frustrated sigh passing her lips as she continued to struggle with the lock. “Either way, I’m not going to stick around to find out where they’re going to take me.”
“You’re not leaving me behind.” Thea denied with a firm look on her face and a determined glint in her eyes. “I need to get back to my son. There’s no way I’m sticking around here while he’s out there alone.”
“Then we’re both in this together.” She murmured quietly and after one last twist of the scalpel, a small click sounded and the both of them held their breath as they locked gazes before finally, Anastasia’s lips twitched slightly at the corners.
“Did you just?” Thea asked quietly, her eyes wide with disbelief.
Anastasia merely nodded her head frantically as she was quick to pull the handcuffs off one wrist, stretching her hand out and waving it around in the air to her heart’s content; finally starting to gain back control and power of her own body. However, before things could get out of control, she was quick to move onto her second wrist which had been far easier than the first now that she knew what she was doing and before either of them knew it, she was completely free.
Not willing to waste any time or take any risks, Anastasia was quick to scurry across the room and start working on Thea’s cuffs, needing the both of them to be free.
“Do you think we’re going to make it out of here?” Thea asked in a small voice as she stretched her one free hand, watching as Anastasia moved onto the rest of them.
“We have to.” Anastasia paused briefly and sent Thea a meaningful, promising look but before she could finish taking off the second handcuff, a set of footsteps sounded from the top of the hallway, only getting louder in sound as the steps continued.
Thea’s breath audibly hitched in her throat but before she could say or do anything to give them away, Anastasia was quick to raise her hand and press a finger to her lips, indicated that she needed to be quiet.
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