CHAPTER TEN
The light is dim. My eyes slowly c***k open, and the tingling sensation in my toes and fingers is unnerving. I gasp. It feels like I can’t get quite enough air to satisfy the craving of oxygen. It’s completely taken over my chest and belly. I’m stuck in a concrete room, and I search it anxiously with my eyeballs only.
My neck won’t turn from side to side, and the weight of my head pulls it backward in rest on the back of my chair. My arms and legs are stiff, and my mind is foggy. I’m not quite sure how I got here.
It feels like I’m caught in a dream, a nightmare or even a sleepwalk. My mental facilities are ticking, but I’m lost and detached somehow.
All I can see is the concrete wall in front of me, though I can hear a whimper off to my right side. I think it’s a human, bu
