Alissa woke with a start, eyes adjusting to unfamiliar surroundings.
‘How did I get here,’ she panicked, before the memory of Zach’s order surfaced. She hadn’t been expecting to fall asleep, and so hadn’t mentally prepared for the stark awakening.
Her back popped with a twinge as she pulled herself to a seated position and rubbed the dust from her hands onto her jogging pants. Sunlight from the only open window fell across her cheeks and eyes, telling her it was morning. She stood carefully, shaking the deadness out of her limbs as she did so.
‘All he said was I had to stay here overnight… so… surely I can leave?’ Alissa questioned. Thinking it pointless to sit about the empty room all morning, Alissa made her way down the creaking staircase and into what had probably been som
