All she was aware of as she groggily faded back into consciousness was the pounding ache in her head, dull but insistent. For a moment she simply stayed where she was lying, breathing in, trying to assess what damage had been done. Her neck hurt from where the chokehold had pressed her carotid arteries closed, but her windpipe appeared safe. She tilted her body, feeling around her, finding herself on the hard mat of a small cot. Natural light spilled in from somewhere, cutting through the bars of the cell she was in. From nearby, she heard shuffling, and she froze. She was not alone. For a moment she laid still, playing dead, trying only to listen and observe, but she had already given herself away.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Two
All she was aware of as she groggily faded back into consciousness was the pounding ache in her head, dull but insistent. For a moment she simply stayed where she was lying, breathing in, trying to assess what damage had been done. Her neck hurt from where the chokehold had pressed her carotid arteries closed, but her windpipe appeared safe. She tilted her body, feeling around her, finding herself on the hard mat of a small cot. Natural light spilled in from somewhere, cutting through the bars of the cell she was in. From nearby, she heard shuffling, and she froze. She was not alone. For a moment she laid still, playing dead, trying only to listen and observe, but she had already given herself away.