My eyes shot wide open. Everything was pitch-black. I couldn’t see anything. Cold sweat was beading on my brow and my heart was beating a mile a minute. What time was it? What had woken me up? How had I gotten here? Where was here?
I remember spending hours in my mother’s room after which I had retired to my room and passed out on my bed, something I didn’t think would happen.
How long had I been asleep? From the way no light got in, it was the middle of the night on a moonless sky.
Something is wrong.
My heart couldn’t stop racing. A terrible feeling had burrowed its way deep in my skin.
My hand slid under my pillow and gripped the gun I kept there. I slipped my phone in my pocket and padded slowly towards the door. It was eerily quiet.
Karim had been stationed outside my door along
