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Adela never imagined her life would end here: alone in a filthy spare room with a bucket for a toilet after days on days of torture. But she can wait a few days for her captors to tire of her—or she can save them the trouble. Not that they left anything for her to use for those purposes. Of course, a third alternative might exist. She knows the nephew of this house’s owner, after all… A dark, heart-twisting story that proves that even the darkest tales can have happy endings, for everyone who believes in hope—and unexpected allies.
Author
Amy Laurens is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for both adults and young adults. She has lived in the same city all her life, which other people think is boring; she prefers to think of it as stable. At present, Amy lives with husband, brand new baby, and two yellow Labradors who think they are lapdogs. Surprisingly, the dogs are the most jealous of the time Amy spends on the laptop. After a university education involving many twists and turns, Amy is a high school English teacher at an all-girls school by day. By night, she is a story-writing goddess; at least, that’s what she tells herself to get the words done, and since it seems to work, let’s not disillusion her. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Allegory, Tower of Light Fantasy, and AlienSkin, and in Tyche Publishing's Ride The Moon anthology.
