Chapter 6
The first hint of nightmares drove Sara awake. The dreams were common enough—she’d had them often while in captivity—but always, she had fought against them, hating that she couldn’t wake up when she so desperately wanted to, hating that they forced her to live through them night after night after night. So when the shadows began to creep into her deep sleep, Sara did what she always did when they came. She fought back.
The difference was…this time, she woke up.
Her eyes shot open. She saw the orange glow filtering around the edges of the closed curtains first. In the dark room, it made the window pulse with life, and she had to blink several times, staring at it in confusion, before she remembered where she was.
Josh had come. He’d gotten her out of there. Josh and…
Her thr
