RAVEN
Two huge men sandwich me in the car. I kick, thrash, claw at anything I can reach. My nails scrape against their skin, but it doesn’t budge.
The car swerves violently and I hit my head on the box in the middle. Pain shoots through my forehead and panic crawls down my skin.
“Be still!” one of the men commands.
His arms lock around my shoulders, and the other clamps a hand over my face. He presses a handkerchief over me and I inhale the sharp chemical substance.
I cough violently, trying to stop myself from choking. But the burning and bitter smell overpowers my body. The air inside my lungs is sucked out at once.
My body weakens instantly and my eyelids fight to stay open. Before I can tell, they are both shut and the world goes dark.
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I wake up with a violent jerk, and my a
