Chapter 46: My Birthday
Alex
A few hours felt like they had passed since they locked me in the dark basement. Or maybe it was even more than that. Time down there did not move in a normal way. It felt like it stretched and twisted. It slowed down until every single second felt like ice cracking under too much heavy weight. I could not see my own hands in front of my face. The only thing I knew for sure was the cold and the pain.
I lay on the freezing stone floor. The iron chains felt heavy as they bit into my wrists and my ankles. Every single time I tried to shift my weight or move my legs, the metal rattled loudly in the dark room. The sound echoed back at me from the walls. It sounded lonely and sharp. I felt the rough texture of the ground against my cheek. I was tired, hungry, and
