-Amber-
Pain shot through me, dragging me slowly back to consciousness. Groaning, I felt a pounding in my face, like I had a second heartbeat pulsing in my cheek. I had no idea how much time had passed, and for a moment, I forgot all about the terrible night. Then it all came rushing back. I opened my eyes and sat up quickly, too quickly. The world spun around me, forcing me to shut my eyes again and lie back down. I waited for the nausea and sharp pain to subside.
When I was finally able to focus again, I slowly opened one eye, then the other. I looked around. I was in what appeared to be a normal bedroom—plain, nothing remarkable. But what surprised me was that I was lying on a soft bed, not in a dungeon. Yet there was no time to dwell on that. I jumped from the bed and ran to the nea
