Chapter Thirty-Five – KateSaturday 2 January 2016
Daylight infiltrates my itchy pupils. I squint, trying to regain my senses and adjust to the bright, burning beams. My head throbs, my body timorous and aching. I'm confused and disorientated.
Fireworks of panic explode in my mind realising I'm restricted.
Cord snares my wrists securely behind my back. I can't breathe properly. My tongue is pressed against the roof of my mouth, constricted with sodden cotton locking my jaw. Bile fills my throat; I swallow hard. My heart is erratic. I can't imagine it ever regaining its normal rhythm. Its wild beats pound violently against my chest and my panicked breaths break the silence that echoes in my ears.
Where the hell am I? What the f**k is going on?
Memories coalesce in my mind. A flashback o
