CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR.
Melissa woke up in the dark. She wondered how long she'd been unconscious for and she scrambled on the bed, stretching across the vast space of white cloth to reach the bedside lamp. She switched it on, flinching when the dull light hit her eyes. Sitting up fully, she took stock of herself, glad to see that she was still in what she had been wearing earlier in the day and that no one changed her out of her clothing. She didn't know how she would've felt if someone did but she felt relief just knowing that she hadn't been... tampered with?
She sighed loudly, running her hands through her hair and then down her face. She suddenly felt her throat grow dry and groaned softly when she saw that the jug on her bedside table was empty. She got out of bed and shivered when he
