Alina's POV
"Take a deep breath,"
I did.
"Shift your weight slightly.”
I shifted.
“Relax your shoulders..."
I relaxed or at least attempted to, following the lady's instructions. But really, would you relax right now? Say you were me, strapped in some strange sculpture, gradually becoming more and more aware of your environment, feeling eyes on you. Hers and...
Him.
He was staring at me.
I was thinking more and more about that, and I didn't like it. I didn't like it one bit.
"Is this all there is?" I called out to her. The lady. She'd gone over to some wall, some sort of control panel thingy there with her. "Am I done testing it?"
"Err...no. not just yet, Ma'am." Her voice reached my ears, my eyes easily finding her as her footsteps grew closer.
"I was going to start it up ove
