The sounds of battle outside the shack wakes me up, but the sounds of the cage lock rattling is what causes me to bolt upright.
"Allisara?" Someone whispers, someone I had been praying would find me.
"Sky?" I see his emerald eyes and try my best to crawl towards him. The door opens and he crawls inside, taking in my bound wrists.
"Hold still." He warns, taking out a switch blade and cutting the ropes first from my wrists, then my ankles. After putting the switch blade away, the ten year old pulls me into his arms and hugs me tight.
"I told you that I would find you." He whispers, his hands smoothing out my wet hair. I nod, too exhausted to say anything and so relieved to be saved. He helps me out of the cage but my legs give out as soon as I stand. Tears well in my eyes and I
