Meaghan wondered if she was breaking Barty. Maybe she could keep fighting and tire him out and he'd let her go. But she was tired and bruised, and her body just hurt. She was scared and sad. And she wanted to go home to her parents and her brother.
She kept her eyes on him too, because he needed to be able to look her in the eye for what he was about to do. And then she wondered if he was going to kill her. She would rather be dead than live with this for the rest of her life. But she knew she wasn't going to be that lucky.