Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 116

Annette POV:

It took a while and I couldn’t work fast because the bed would freak and I had to be careful not to put any weight on the right side but eventually, I got the support joint off of it. It was hard enough and sharp enough that if I slammed it

into the small window I could break the glass.

After I did that I’d have to clear the remaining shards quickly before jumping. The jump still terrified me and I prayed to the goddess to guide me safely. I couldn’t remember if I should straighten my legs or if was I supposed to bend

them. Should I keep my arms out or in?

I waited that day quiet and calm I didn’t normally speak so it wasn’t alarming to any of them. Marcus had stopped visiting me a few days ago and I was beyond thankful. By the whispers, he and Marcus had fought.

I had replayed what would happen over and over in my mind for the past week. Each night going over the movements and the steps. My fingers slowly loosen the bolts on the bed as best my fingers could reach.

Tonight the small guards would be on duty and they always didn’t speak, their eyes pointed forward my water bowl was over by one of the guards so if I pretended to drop a towel I could swipe the silver syringes off of him.

When the two smaller skinnier men walked into the room my heart rate spiked for a couple of minutes it was getting closer. For some reason, I’d felt stronger and stronger every day I couldn’t explain it but it gave me the strength and courage to attempt this.

When I saw the moonlight filter in fully through my small window. I gulped before getting off of my bed and going over to the wash bowl pouring in some water and washing my face and then accidentally dropping the towel and spilling some water.

“Damn,” I whispered before kneeling down to pick it up.

I quickly bent down and kept my head pointed to the floor but my eyes went to the vials of poison. I moved as quickly as I could grabbing the small vials and gently pulling them out of the guard’s belt.

I wiped up the water with one hand keeping my breath even as I pulled my hand back. My wrist slightly grazed the silver bars and I gulped down the yelp. My wrist burned a bit but that was gonna have to fester.

really believing it worked.

latter was a little shortsighted, I grinned stood back up, and continued to wash

back not moving from my place I pressed in the glittering liquid. He grunted and went to sleep so it just sounded like a cough. I looked over to see if any of

sighed a soft sigh of relief before hiding the empty vile in the wet towels I crossed the cell and went to put them in my hamper. Setting

jabbed him and he didn’t even notice and he slowly went off to sleep. I tossed the syringe

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Chapter 116

before I pretended to straighten out my bed. The

to worry.

bed right,” I snipped and moved my nightstand over a little as I adjusted

got into my bed and counted to 60 five times, my heart thudding as loudly as possible my hands wrapping around the metal support joint and my

coming,” I

but a cramp hit my hands full. I got onto the nightstand and WHACK. The glass didn’t shatter

heard as they clammered over

WHACK. finally, the glass gave way and shattered I cleared most of it

used the sheet covered by the glass jumping up my arm got cut but I got my top through the window.

in however long it had been fresh air hit

I heard behind me.

captivity, free–falling toward the water. I didn’t have time

in panicked breaths as I fell and before I knew it cold water greeted me and encased my whole body. In the

and started swimming as closely as I could. The water was cold truly cold, sharp and it hurt but I kept going, adrenaline my best friend guiding

that far ahead I saw a small beach. Surely they’d know I would go there but I didn’t have much of a choice. I swam for my life

but I ran all the