Yelan sat quietly in the corner, her hands bound tightly together with duct tape and her knees pulled close to her chest. She wore the same clothes she had on ever since she was trapped in the Southern Lands.
She was oblivious that a team was already looking for her. Sure, she knew that Daniel was able to escape when she made herself bait to their enemies, but she wondered what was taking him so long to rescue her. For the past few days, her abductors had drugged her and beat her, trying to make her confess where she hid the files of their master.
Yelan had a lot of questions going through her mind. Why hadn't Samuel come to see her yet? Why was she being held captive? Were they planning to kill her after they got what they needed from her? Didn't Samuel need her and her research? What was the situation outside?