Chapter 2
I exhaled slowly, dizzy with relief, when the doctor shook her head.
‘Give her a sedative and put her upstairs with the others,’ she said. ‘I’ll do some tests tomorrow, see if she can’t be useful somehow.’
‘What if she has concussion?’ said another voice, a woman. ‘Should we be sedating her?’
‘Do you think I’m an imbecile? The girl is fine. Now, sedate her and get her out of here. I have real work to do.’
The dark-haired doctor stormed off and another woman came into view, taller and with light blonde hair cut short to frame her face. Her face didn’t show any kindness despite her querying my fitness to be sedated.
Without making eye contact, she placed a syringe against my shoulder and depressed the contents. Then she stepped back and I lost sight of her.
I struggled to si
