Chapter 045
Emilia's POV
I felt as though something had broken open inside my head.
I blinked. Once. Twice.
The faint, blinking light overhead burnt my eyes. The air was heavy and damp, and the room was freezing. Grey, bare concrete walls surrounded me. Everything had a rotten smell, along with dust and rust.
With my hands bound behind me, the heavy rope sliced into my wrists. I sat on a hard, cold surface that might have been a chair. My heart was racing in my chest, but my legs were weak.
What is this location?
Why am I unable to move?
Niklas, where are you?
I gasped.
The rope was too tight for me to twist my wrists. My arms began to hurt. I bit my lip, hard, to keep from crying out.
Do not panic. Don't cry. Consider.
Then I heard it.
A voice. The voice was hoarse and low in
