Chapter 16 I woke up to find that I was in a room that was completely flooded with light. The light was bright, even through my eyelids. I struggled to remember what had happened. It came back to me in a flood. My disastrous escape attempt. That’s when the noise started. It sounded like white noise. Then over the top of that, I could make out a humming, droning noise that became louder than the white noise, drowning it out. What was going on? Where was I? The floor I was lying on was padded. That was weird. The noise receded. “Lennina.” The voice was coming into the room via a speaker. It was Dr Rowen. I really hated that woman. I squinted and shaded my eyes and could make out an empty room with white walls. “Where am I? What happened? What are you doing?” “You are being punished.

