Damien Darkness it wrapped around me like cold water, pulling me deeper and deeper until I could no longer feel my body. I did not know how much time had passed. Maybe minutes, hours, maybe longer, everything was gone, the prison, the chains, Even the pain had disappeared. For a strange moment, it felt peaceful, then slowly, pain returned, a sharp pain stabbed through my chest, then another in my head. Then the heavy ache in my arms and legs, my body felt like it had been torn apart and forced back together. I tried to breathe, it hurt, my chest tightened, and I coughed violently, air rushed into my lungs like fire. I groaned and tried to move, but pain shot through my entire body. Then I heard a voice. "You're awake." My eyes opened slowly. Everything was blurry

