Chapter60

Carrie’s Point of View Calm voices started to ring out around me. There were no shouts, just raised hands and steel voices barely above a whisper. At the raise of a hand, they spoke their price and left it at that. As far as I could tell, there wasn't even any arguing. I think it would have been better if they were shouting. Their calm demeanor scared me witless. Maybe it was because I was searching for some sign of humanity in this place. Maybe it was because I wanted some sort of mercy from these animals. But all my eyes beheld were a ruthless and sadistic crowd, who couldn't wait to get their hands on me. As I stared into the eyes of each of the creatures before me, fear completely overcame me. Despite my best efforts, tears started to flow from my eyes. Because my hands were held behind my back, I couldn't cover my face or the tears that were now falling freely. I settled to bow my head to my chest, and try to drown out the steel voices around me. After a little while Derek roughly