ALLISON
When I peeled my heavy lids open, I was greeted by a void. Pain radiated through my skull, a rhythmic pounding that felt like a bomb had detonated inside my brain.
I tried to lift my heavy body off the cold floor, reaching up to nurse my throbbing temple, but my hand was jerked back by a harsh resistance. The clatter of iron chains echoed in the silence.
Confusion bled instantly into panic. I blindly felt at my wrist, my fingers brushing against cold, heavy shackles. Metal cuffs locked both my wrists, reducing my range of movement to a pathetic few inches.
The hell?
Where the f**k was I?
Why was I bound, and why did my body feel like it had gone ten rounds with a wrecking ball?
I racked my brain, trying to piece together the fragmented shards of memory before the blackout, b
