Chapter 24

I closed my eyes hoping to gain some of my strength back when I heard a squeaking sound growing louder and louder. Levi screamed out to me, "Move, Marina, Move."

I opened my eyes and saw Jackson coming toward me out of the darkness with a hook in his hands, pulling the block and tackle mechanism across the ceiling toward me with a ton of force before he let go.

"No!" Levi screamed.

I knew I could get out of the way if I could only slide down to the floor fast enough. But as I started my decent, I stared in horror as Levi, who had somehow cut the rope between his wrist and freed himself, stepped in front of me and screamed in pain as the hook embedded in his shoulder.

My heart ripped apart in my chest as I saw the blood seep around the hook where it had came all the way through to his back. Right before my very eyes the mill changed, blending into a memory that my mind now saw of another time, another place. I'm unable to move as the old sawmill turned into an old Italian cemetery. Ins