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.

not really believing it worked. Deacon should have made this adjustment

latter was a little shortsighted, I grinned stood back up,

guard in the back not moving from my place I pressed in the glittering liquid. He grunted and went to

vile in the wet towels I crossed the cell and went to put them in my hamper. Setting up the next

and he slowly went off to sleep. I

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Chapter 116

pretended to straighten out my bed. The guards would be asleep for hours so I didn’t have

to worry.

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

bed and counted to 60 five times, my heart thudding as loudly as possible my hands wrapping around

I whispered

got up and pretended to stretch out, but a cramp hit my hands full. I

they clammered over themselves

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

they fumbled with the keys and others tried to shake the unconscious guards awake. I used the sheet covered by the

however long it had been fresh air hit

heard

out of the hole and out of captivity, free–falling toward the water. I didn’t have time to think of bending my legs or if I had my

as I fell and before I knew it cold water greeted me and encased my whole body. In the end, my back

blaring but I just laughed. I lived. I lived. I swam over the large rock and started swimming as closely as I could.

small beach. Surely they’d know I would go there but I didn’t

hauled myself onto the beach and ran into the trees. I didn’t know where I was and my ears were ringing but I ran all the same. My clothes had red splotches here and there from my blood but