Anna woke up, groggy and disoriented, with no clue how long she'd been out. As her eyes adjusted, she realized she was completely alone in the room, and worse, she had no idea where she was.
The room was alien to her, its walls nothing like the pristine white of a hospital. Yesterday, she was sure Killian and the others had rushed her to the hospital. But now? This place felt like a dingy basement, stuffy, damp, and downright filthy.
Anna tried to sit up, but the stitches in her shoulder screamed in protest, forcing her to wince and groan as she moved.
"Oh, this hurts like hell... feels like I'm dying," she muttered under her breath.
Even though the pain was unbearable, Anna pushed herself to her feet, determined to figure out how she ended up here. Slowly, she rose from the bed, ignor
