Vica's first few moments of consciousness were nothing but an unpleasant ringing in her ears. Her eyes cracked open with great effort, but she immediately snapped them shut again when an intense, throbbing pain blossomed behind them. She couldn't even scrape together the strength to turn on her side and vomit, but then again, she didn't have much of a choice: not only did tough rope bind both her hands and her ankles, but there was also a gag tied around her mouth and the back of her head. If that weren't enough, she felt an uncomfortable prickling sensation crawling all over her body like a nest of insects, sapping her strength and making her squirm.
She finally allowed her eyelids to flutter open and blinked away the white spots in her vision. God, it was so dark in here, but she forced
