The thought of waking him terrified me.

I’m going to die in here.

You can’t murder the shtriga.

I don’t know where I am.

I don’t deserve to be free.

I listened, ready to move when he moved.

I imagined the life leaving William’s eyes.

They’re cattle, I thought. Dumb, penned-in cattle.

I think I can hear them coming.

It’s only a matter of time.