When Julia finally awoke from her hazy daze, it felt as though her body was no longer her own.
Her hands felt like lead weights, and it was only then that Julia realized she had been shackled with iron chains.
As she gingerly touched the wound at the back of her head, she let out a sharp hiss, her face twisting in pain as she stared at the fresh blood on her fingers.
All her belongings had been stripped away, leaving her with no choice but to wait for a chance to reach the outside world.
They hadn't even spared a thought to bandage her wound.
Time crawled by, and she lost track of how long it had been before someone finally came to see her.
"Oh, Ms. Blair, you're awake," said the visitor.
It was the housemaid, who cast a furtive glance around before daring to step in and tend to Jul
