Chapter 4
Charlotte
My eyes shot open, and I reached for my throat, remembering how fear sucked the air out of my lungs as he wrapped his hands around my neck. I tried to fight. Clawed at his hands, his arms, his face—anywhere so that he would let go so I could breathe. But he tightened his grip, fingers biting into my flesh, my lungs burning as he slowly suffocated me. I remembered wondering if this was how I would die—gasping for breath while staring the devil in the eye, trying to speak and beg for him to stop. But everything went dark, reality sucked away from my mind, my thoughts silent…until now.
I sat up and grabbed the unfamiliar sheets with my fists, scanning the room. Gray walls, white ceiling with dimmed lights, dark laminated floors, and large floor-to-ceiling windows that s
