~Ioana~
I shivered violently. Something brushed over my skin, like silken velvet. My eyes fluttered open, light flooding my vision.
I squinted uncomfortably, the sudden switch from dark to light stinging my eyes like the creatures of the night. I winced, shielding my eyes with my arm.
A second later, dropping them slowly, and when I did, I couldn't help but gasp.
"Where am I?"
Before me wasn’t the suffocating grand room but an open space. The scent of wildflowers blending in, butterflies fluttered their wings cheerfully from one flower to another. The grasses swayed calmly, undisturbed.
I breathed in. The taste of freedom I never knew I missed so hungrily lingering on the air.
I stepped forward, glancing around. It was wide enough that I couldn’t see the end.
'Was everything just a
