Chapter ElevenSkylight
Slowly I roused. Darkness was all and I caught a strong odor of dirty canvas. Wrapped across in front my restrained arms shifted, but not much. My bare legs were free, but I was as weak as a kitten. Rolling onto a shoulder I got one leg underneath, then another. The floor was soft, padded. Through my nose I drew several deep breaths. I couldn’t use my mouth. Something blocked that passageway.
Above a soft motor whirred, followed by a click. I looked up and caught just the trace of a person’s shadow as it withdrew from a skylight high overhead. Cool air that I breathed soon turned warm as the skylight afforded a glimpse of patchy clouds and beyond them tiny stars. Strange. I had never been in a padded cell before, but I was sure they weren’t billed as a room with a
