DANIKA
I jolted awake and immediately, I swore to the goddess that should I ever find myself in such a near-death situation, she should accept me into her embrace. All the times from when I had been a slave, with Eirin and I had thought that I was at the end of my tether, there was always a respite. Even when Eirin had lost her life for my sake.
There had always been respite. But in this present moment, nothing could have gone through my mind at all, nothing but the searing pain that wracked my body as I attempted to sit up. I considered for a moment, allowing myself to slide back under the covers of unconsciousness.
I could not lift my hands myself and my back was sore and raw. I tried to call out for aid, but my tongue would not work. New pain alerted me to the knowledge of the fact t
