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“Don’t you want her to smuggle them in or hold on to them?”

I shake my head. We can’t use a third party and risk them getting into the wrong hands, and every posted letter gets checked before it’s delivered. Acacia monitors Sarah closely. What if he finds out she has them? No, we have to meet. It’s the only way.

“We can’t risk any screwups,” I say. “We need to do this ourselves.”

“Do you really think our plan will work?”

“Of course it will,” I say, extinguishing any doubts he has. “We’ve spent years perfecting it. All we need now is a plan for us to get back in.”

“You mean, we’ll come back?” Lex’s shoulders slump. “But I thought?—”

“How many fucking times? We’re not leaving without him,” I snarl. “He goes where we go. End of discussion.”

Lex nods. Despite his resistance, he cares for Eli as much as I do. We’re a team. We’re all we have. Meeting Sarah is a risk, but one I’m willing to take.

“What if we get caught?” Lex asks. “This could be our only chance at freedom.”

“We better make sure we’re not caught then,” I reply with a smirk.

Seconds later, the cell phone buzzes.

“She’ll see us there,” Lex confirms.

Everything is finally coming together. Our plan has to work. It’s got to. If we can make it in and out, it’s only a matter of time before we can leave Sunnycrest forever with the evidence needed to take down Acacia’s entire regime.

CHAPTER

THIRTY-SEVEN

SARAH

I groanand touch myself while watching the video of Lex and Eli fucking me for the first time. I listen to my moans as Aiden zooms in on Lex spreading my ass cheeks and captures the moment he enters me.

Fuck.

I bite my lip and come hard over my fingers.

As soon as the wave of pleasure tapers, a deep emptiness replaces my momentary bliss. I miss the guys. Until I see them again, the video is all I have to satisfy my desires.

I reread Lex’s text for what feels like the hundredth time. I have two phones—one that Dad monitors and my real one. I’ve had two since I realized that he installed hidden software to read my messages, which has come in handy.

Since Dad caught me and Eli together, I’ve been under house arrest. He escorts me and Erin to and from school. He’s locked my windows to stop me from climbing out at night and positioned motion-triggered alarms on every door to the outside, so he knows if anyone leaves the house. When I’m not at home or school, I’m in different therapists’ offices. He’s trying everything to stamp out my ‘rebellious’ nature, but he doesn’t understand that I’m just being me.

I text Lex.

Can’t wait to see you.

I only have to wait two more days. The secluded hunting cabin will be a perfect meeting spot. In the meantime, all I have to do is figure out a way around Dad’s security measures.

“Sarah!” Mom calls up the stairs. “Breakfast!”

I groan. “I’m not hungry.”

Boxes are piled up in my room. We’re officially moving to Pasturesville next week. Our move has been delayed a few times because of building renovations. Secretly, I think Dad’s been delaying things purposefully until he ‘fixes’ me. He doesn’t want his daughter showing him up at the posh academy we’re starting.

I quickly check under my pillow to make sure my diary is there before going to hide it in my secret spot in the wardrobe. I’m not the type of girl who keeps a diary—that’s more Erin’s thing. However, since helping the guys search for evidence of what’s happening at Sunnycrest, I decided to start keeping evidence of my own. If anything ever happens to me, I want a record of what Dad’s done; the nights he’s locked me in the asylum, his fights with Mom… all of it.

A knock on my door makes me throw a pillow across the room.