Eighteen

I hugged my knees tighter to my chest as the thunder rocked the sky, causing me to flinch in my place. It was hard to control how I felt. The lightning brightened my dark room, sending fear down my bones. A sob escaped my mouth as my whole body shook in pure fright. I didn’t know that I was that scared of storms. I wasn’t just scared. I was petrified. My heart was about to stop at any given second. It was my first time to experience a storm like that since I woke up and found myself in Silver Moon Pack.

 I closed my eyes, trying to ignore how my heart was thumbing and just when I thought that I was starting to calm down, the thunder shook the sky again. I was trembling in fear. A hazy image appeared before my closed eyes of myself in a place that resembled a cell. I slowly shook my head and let go of my knees and reached for one of the pillows on the bed. I couldn't even hold the pillow properly because of how my fingers were violently shaking.

I held it tighter