Chapter Thirty — Nine
James POV
The first thing I felt even before I became conscious was the uneven floor beneath me and the mud. The side of my face was pressed up against it and my every breath blew the dirt around my face.
A sigh escaped from me.
My eyes slowly fluttered open. At first, my eyes could only register the surrounding blackness. Everything was covered by the darkness.
For once, I did not remember where I was?
My room?
No. Not my room.
Field then?
No.
Then my eyes took in my surroundings. All of a sudden, shock registered when I took in the surrounding. Right.
I was in the hidden passageway.
But what was I doing here?
My whole body jerked when I abruptly sat up.
“What the…” my sentence left unfinished as I felt a sudden and blinding ache entering the back of my
