Chapter 76

When Emily’s eyes fluttered open, she knew immediately that something was wrong. She could feel it, deep within her bones, the emptiness that encompassed her and radiated through her entire being.

Her eyes didn’t suddenly flutter open, it was a slow game. A dull ache festering in her head and in her lower stomach as she tried to sit up but the room was dark and cold. The annoying beep of the monitor kept echoing back at her, the iv still stuck in her hand as she tried to focus an image but it was pitch dark.

The panic set it, a cold sweat broke out on her forehead and she gripped the sheets tighter with her heart pounding fast.

“Hello” she called out to the darkness but there was no response, only the silence echoes back at her.

Suddenly she felt footsteps around her, approaching her slowly. The slow tang of their shoes that she couldn’t tell if it was a high-heeled slippers or a flat sole sneaker, suddenly she couldn’t move, she felt strapped in with icy cold hands gripping her arms