~ JESSICA ~
I woke up to a noise I couldn’t quite place. The room was dark, and everything around me felt off—wrong. My head throbbed as I tried to make sense of where I was. Then, like a floodgate opening, the memories came rushing back: the cabin, Harrison finding us, the terror of running through the forest, the rough hands grabbing me, the drive to the mansion, and then being pushed into a cold room. And now—s**t! Now that I was awake and slowly coming to my senses, I remembered with a sinking dread that I was in the dungeon of the William Estate.
I shivered as the cold air wrapped around me like a shroud, the chill seeping into my bones. I forced myself to look around, squinting against the dim light. The small window high above the bed let in a sliver of dawn, casting just enough l
