"She’ll take it," Rosa assured me as she stepped back into the corridor from Micah's suite. "She’ll sleep for the next few hours. I'll prepare her dinner and make sure she's comfortable, then bring her back to her duties tomorrow."

"Good," I replied coldly, turning on my heel.

I walked out of the main estate into the cool night air, Black trailing a pace behind me. We moved across the manicured grounds toward the far edge of the compound, stopping before the heavily guarded concrete structure that served as my primate prison.

The armed guard at the heavy steel door snapped a salute and unlocked the entrance. I stepped inside,...