For the past few days, I had taken notice of how things are around here. First, I had been hearing the men outside training for hours. Then there are other things that have been going on. They moved me from my room upstairs and now I’m on the first floor. The reason for it is unknown, but I believe Cairo is getting paranoid because he knows Castro will stop at nothing from rescuing me.

Another thing I notice is that when the men bring me food, I no longer taste wolfbane in it. Is it I or the men are becoming careless? Either way, I’m glad for it because it...