Chapter 11 Sheldon's POV

When I had arrived at the cell and saw the empty space where Esmeralda should be, a strange, unfamiliar panic tightened in my chest. It's absurd. I shouldn't care where she is, let alone feel alarmed by her absence. She's merely a breeder, a tool I control. Yet, as I take in the barren and cold cell, rage swells within me.

'If anything happens to