Chapter 74

The jerking of Angel's body wakes me a few hours later. She's speaking Arabic in her sleep, and she's obviously terrified. Suddenly, she sticks out her arms and her legs fly. Then the screams begin. I manage to turn on the light as I struggle to contain her. One of her hands goes to her face and she scratches a deep gouge down her cheek.

"It's me, Angel! I've got you! Wake up!"

She's beyond the sound of my voice as she continues to thrash out of control. From the corner of my eye, I see the door open and Monroe is there.

"Here," he says as he tosses me two skeins of rope. "Tie her hands and secure them over her head. Then get her legs." Monroe sits on the bed and shifts his chest across hers, pushing on her torso while I tie the ropes. Her terrified screams don't let up even with her lungs compressed.

"Hold her tight, Zach." Monroe covers her nose and mouth with his hand, cutting off her incoming supply of air completely.

She fights harder. Her crazed eyes see nothing or maybe sh