~ A M E L I A ~ The sedation hadn’t put me out cold like it did before. Drowsiness was an aura I could feel prickling across my face, my eyelids were weighed down, and the strength of the tranquiliser trying to pull me under, but there was a part of me that felt like it was still fighting as if I still had a chance. Don’t give up just yet. That strength in me tried to break through, but I was too weak and too willing to submit to the darkness consuming me. At first, I was in the hallway of the rune-encrusted door. My eyes shut, unable to fight any further, only to peel open a second later, revealing me being dragged across the hallway. I tried to lift my head to see where the guards were taking me, but the slightest movement made my head throb. Eyes shut. Eyes open. Eyes shut. I w

