Chapter Nine
Everything went black and fuzzy. The darkness swallowed Sam whole, leaving nothing but panic and fear behind. For a moment, she feared this would last forever. That this was her reality now. But then there was blue. Piercing blue.
Sam managed to open her eyes and her head stopped spinning.
“Samantha?” Lilith softly patted her cheeks. “Can you hear me?”
With a grunt, Sam sat back up. “Yeah.”
“Are you alright?”
“I…” She reached for her head and let out a shaky breath. “What happened?”
“You passed out.”
“Oh… Right…” Carefully, she allowed herself to look around the room. Some of the initial panic still lived inside her chest, but it was more controlled now. There was nothing to fear from this room, not now she knew Lilith.
The latter crouched down next to her. “Do you ne
