SELENE
The darkness was absolute. I screamed until my throat burned raw, my voice echoing off unseen walls like a trapped animal. The room smelled like rot and piss and old blood... so much like a pungent, choking stench that made my stomach twist. No windows, no light. Just the cold, damp concrete beneath me and the rough rope biting into my wrists behind my back. They had thrown me in here after dragging me from the car, bag still over my head, like I was nothing more than garbage.
“Let me out!” I shouted, voice cracking. “Anyone! Let me the f**k out of here!”
No answer. Just my own ragged breathing and the distant drip of water somewhere in the blackness.
I was scared. Truly scared for the first time in years. But I refused to let it break me. I had survived worst than this — smili
