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Quote #7
I leaned a little toward you. "So they kind of stole you, too," I said softly. I kept my nerve and held your gaze. Your eyes turned to slits. You knew exactly what I meant. They'd stolen you, just as you'd stolen me. (31.60)
The realization that her captor has been through a similar experience to her own is shocking for Gemma—and for us as readers. If Ty was stolen away from his dad's farm as a child and taken somewhere totally different, shouldn't that have deterred him from doing the same thing to someone else? We can't say for sure, but it's possible that in taking Gemma to Australia, Ty is trying to make right (in his own twisted way) what was done to him as a boy.
Quote #8
I moved around so I could look at her face. Even scared, she had beautiful eyes. Dark and brown with soft-looking eyelashes. She stopped searching for her herd to glance at me.
"You're trapped now, too," I told her. "Don't bother thinking of escape. He'll only come after you." (43.19-20)
Once the abduction of the camel occurs, Gemma often likens the camel's experiences to her own. And really, they're pretty similar. Ty keeps both of them confined and tries to acclimate them to their new surroundings so they will eventually accept him. The comparison certainly isn't lost on us. Don't believe us? Swing by the "Symbols" section.
Quote #9
The cluster of buildings got smaller as I drove, and eventually, I couldn't even see your figure in the mirror anymore. I started to scream then, but God knows what I was saying. I'd done it! I was out there, alone … without you. Without anyone. I was free. (55.2)
Imagine the thrill of driving away and leaving Ty and his chamber of horrors in the dust after being held there for weeks. Gemma may not have processed the fact that there really is nothing out there, but that isn't the point—in her mind, she has escaped and thwarted Ty.