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Even with the Changelings waving their arms, morphing into our body shapes, and trying to distract us and get our attention, I felt like we were alone.
And I was terrified to face this woman alone.
I had lied to her. Several times. Even before we met, I came fully stocked with lies.
“Look at me,” Maddy said.
I refused.
“I said look at me!” Maddy repeated.
It wasn’t a yell or a scream. It was a command. That, combined with my own selfish desire to look upon her, overcame my will. I couldn’t fight it any longer.
I had to look at her.
I shifted my eyes up slowly. I looked her over in one piece at a time.
I began with her feet. How small they were, and yet how strong. When we ran from Iron Hoof at the farm, she kept pace with me every step of the way.
Then her long luscious legs. I recalled them vividly wrapped tightly around me. So soft, and yet so firm.
Her torso with those perfectly-sized breasts that I’d nibbled on for hours. And still, I knew I would never get enough of them.
And her long lithe arms that hung at her sides, her hands balled into fists that might launch at me within the next few minutes.
Then came the hardest part.
Her beautiful face and the expression it harbored.
Her face was pale and drawn. Her luscious plump lips should have been vibrant and alive with passion but were now pressed together in a firm line. A frown blotted her forehead in consternation, and in her eyes, oh, those gorgeous glimmering gems, was the piece de resistance.
They shone with a pain, an anger, and intensity all her own. I hadn’t seen that look on her face since I first turned up in her room. A day that felt like a lifetime ago now.
Her true emotion was cloudy and overcast, difficult to ascertain. Anything I tried to read into it was nothing more than what I was projecting onto her. I emptied my mind of thoughts and tried to read her expression.
She was angry. But she was also confused. And she cared. A lot. She wanted to know what was going on.
I wondered what Stari had told her and how much I could get away with not revealing to her…
No, I thought. No more running from the truth.
Maddy deserved to know what had happened and why I did what I had.
Maddy approached my cell door. She watched me closely, her eyes taking in every detail.
I turned my body as she came closer. I didn’t want her to see me. Not like this.
She stopped at the cell door and peered at the line that delineated the room she stood in and my cell. There was a look of deep thought on her face.
“Don’t come in,” I said. “Please.”
She considered my response for a moment before ignoring me completely and stepping in my cell.
I was caged, trapped. Nowhere for me to hide or escape to.
She appraised the interior of my cell. It was bare. I hadn’t personalized it. The only things I had of any value were tucked away safely in my mind and I couldn’t exactly pin those to the wall. I wouldn’t even if I could. They were personal, private moments. I didn’t want to share them with anyone.
She stepped closer and still didn’t say a word.
