Chapter

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My head hurts so much more with loud noises and a bright light in my eyes. Why don't they just leave me alone? The sting of a needle being stuck in my arm. Good, now I will be knocked out again. Everything fades to silence.

A loud, consistent beeping pulls me awake again. Is this some new form of torture my father came up with? I'm too tired to open my eyes, and honestly, I don't want to know if I'm still in the basement or some new hell, I embrace the dark silence when it comes. This is where I feel the safest now.

The beeping wakes me again, but this time, my brain feels less sluggish. Maybe the drug is finally wearing off. Should I open my eyes or pretend to be still unconscious? Do I want to know where I am now? I'm still lying on a mattress, but this one feels slightly different. No, I'm not ready to face whatever new hell my father has left me in. I drift off to sleep again.

and

pain stabs across my hand, and I gasp. There is a loud sound near my feet, and a shadow suddenly stretches across where 1 lay. My fight-or-flight response decided to come back from its

chair by the foot of my bed.

all that comes out is a dry cough. Shannon

mouth no longer feels stuffed with old

I?" I croak,

will be right back,

again before carefully reaching for the

tell me what's happened. I want my guys, and I hope they get here soon.

cluster around the head of my bed. As I look up at them, tears still running down my face, I realize Drew and

closer and sits on the edge of my

here; as soon as we realized you had been taken, we called

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