Chapter 16

My limbs feel heavy like someone drained my blood and filled my veins with lead. Despair is buried in my bones, leaking into my chest and making my heart pound frantically. I don't want to be here, but I can't move from the spot on the floor.

Did they drug me?

This odd calm is washing over me in waves, but it feels fake and artificial, as if created by something other than my mind.

A snicker echoes against the barn walls, and something cold grips at my neck, forcing me to look up at the ceiling with a migraine building up behind my eyelids.

"Well, well, well..." Felicia whistles, seemingly satisfied. She is standing over me victoriously. "It looks like the mighty lion has finally fallen,"

"Is she dead?" Zoya asks from behind.

"No," Felicia replies. "It seems we didn't use enough sedative; she is still keeping herself awake, but she is struggling,"

"This won't kill her, right?" Clover asks.

"Not at all," Felicia laughs t