MARA
I startled awake with a cold shock, my body pressed against the hard, freezing floor of a place that smelled bad and was totally dark. I blinked quickly and squinted to make sense of what was going on around me, but the room was as dim as void.
My mind was still reeling from the events that had led me here. I remembered the chaos of the hospital, the beeping machines, and the antiseptic smell.
And then, nothing. Just a blank slate until I woke up in this... place. Where was I? And how did I get here?"
My head throbbed, and as I struggled to sit up, I felt the cold bite of metal against my wrists and ankles.
Chains. I was chained to the floor.
“Where am I?” I whispered, my voice barely above a tremble. My eyes instinctively went to my wrist, checking my watch.
8:00 p.m.
My ch
