AMBER
I woke up in a room that didn’t smell like mine.
It didn’t even smell like the Everdales. My limbs were heavy, my head spinning as if I had been drugged. The lights were dim and yellow, buzzing faintly like they were struggling to stay alive.
I tried to remember how I got here but I couldn’t. Everything felt wrong.
What was the last thing I did before now?
I wondered but there was nothing. It was as if everything inside me had turned off.
But I could sense danger. I could sense something else too but my mind wasn't settled enough to pick it out.
For a moment, I couldn’t breathe. My chest tightened. Panic curled into my throat as I stared around me in confusion.
Where was I?
I sat up too quickly and my vision swam.
My hands clutched the sheets beneath me. They were rough, no
