Proserpina

I came awake groggily. And sat up immediately.

There were some men in the room, Oleg was one of them, and I shrank in alarm.

I had woken up a while ago and used the tiny, decrepit bathroom to take a shower and use it for my basic needs. It made me want to cry, it was filthy and so small, I almost squeezed into it. But I did not want to give up. I wanted to believe that my husband was using all the resources at his disposal to search for me…

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It was probably my body clock that brought me awake, or maybe it was the...