Stolen Sections 66-70 Summary

Section Break 66

Gemma takes a nap in the living room, then wakes up and wanders toward the outbuilding where she last saw Ty. She finds a maze of boxes filled with different types of supplies and makes her way toward the back where she can hear movement.
She discovers dozens of cabinets with scorpions, snakes, and other insects and predators locked up inside. Terrified, she moves away and starts looking at the boxes again. She finds one labeled "Alcohol" and takes a one-liter glass bottle of rum back to the house with her.
One thing that's a little disconcerting is that she can't find Ty or the camel anywhere, and it's dark and she doesn't know how to turn on the generator. She lights one of the lamps and takes it to the living room.
She sits there wondering if this is the moment he's going to kill her and is just outside waiting to make his move.
Finally, she decides to stop being scared and goes back to her room, where she drinks the bottle of rum and passes out.

Ty shows up the next morning to find Gemma passed out on the bed, the rum spilled on the sheets around her. He said he had to go out and get something, and it took longer than he thought.
Gemma freaks out and smashes the bottle against his chest.
He just tells her he's going to fix her breakfast, though, and she goes back to sleep.

Later, Ty carries her out onto the porch and gives her some fruit to eat. He asks if she saw the creatures in the building and explains that they're there to keep them alive.
He plans on using them to make antivenom for snakes. He'll collect their venom, inject it into the camel, then collect her antibodies. Apparently, the camel is immune to poisonous stuff.
Then, things get weirder: He tells Gemma he needs to start desensitizing her to the venom. Obviously, this freaks her out, but Ty tells her there are risks living in the middle of nowhere just like in the city—it's just a different kind of poison.

After that, something changes: Ty starts being really nice to Gemma, making her the food she wants and fussing over her. It makes Gemma a little suspicious.
While feeding the chickens, she says that he really must hate her—if he didn't, he'd take her somewhere and let her go.
Ty tells Gemma that in six months, if she doesn't learn to appreciate nature and like living there, he'll take her back.
Gemma, however, doesn't believe him; she thinks he'll eventually just do the same thing to another girl after she leaves. He tries to explain that he loves her, but we can all agree that kidnapping someone is a pretty sick definition of love.
Gemma lashes out at him, saying he's seriously messed up, then goes off into the Separates.

That night, Ty seems quieter. After a quiet dinner, he tells her again that he was serious about taking her back after six months, so Gemma tries to negotiate to three and they eventually settle on four.
The terms are as follows: Gemma won't try to escape again, and she'll go into the town without Ty to avoid implicating him in her disappearance.