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The Awakening
Jana’s eyes flicked open but everything was so dark and loud. She was half conscious and pain permeated her body. She found her hands were still bound. Thunder exploded from somewhere above and she was being pelted with driving rain. The surface beneath her rocked violently and her body bounced up and down. Her consciousness faded and she again blacked out. In her mind’s eye, she found herself running through the woods toward her special hiding place, her fort. If she could only get to her fort, everything would be okay . . .
The floor below her bounced again and her body slung against something. The noise above was deafening. She looked in one direction and saw Stone crouched. He was pointing his rifle in the direction behind them and Jana could now recognize they were
