SARAH
In the cage where Alpha Dave kept me, I was swallowed by darkness. The blindfold on my face pressed tightly, its rough fabric digging into my skin. My wrists were raw from the chains biting into them, and the silence around me was unnerving.
I wasn’t in the same place anymore. The air smelled different, damp and earthy, with a faint metallic tang. The quiet was suffocating. Gone were the echoes of footsteps, the faint howls of wolves, and the murmurs of distant voices. Here, it felt as if the world had been muted.
Was I in the woods? Or somewhere worse… a graveyard, maybe?
The thought made my heart thud loudly in my chest. As if on cue, footsteps broke the silence, steady and deliberate. My breathing hitched, and my muscles tensed. I couldn’t see who it was, but I felt their pres
