CHAPTER 23 - Forgive my foolishness

ITHRA

I need water.

That was the only thing I could think of as my eyes fluttered open. I felt like I hadn't drank water for a thousand years.

My eyes adjusted to my surroundings and I couldn't tell where I was. White light, white covers, soft mattress, but no water.

I need to find water.

I forced myself up the bed, scanning the room for any transparent liquid that could quench my parched throat.

Instead, I feel a prickly pain in my wrist. An IV drip was placed on my hand, hindering my free movement.

I tried to remember how I got here but came up blank. The last thing I remembered was pledging my life to Zadok.

With that opened up memories that flooded my consciousness.

I was set up. And then, strangled.

My hands instinctively go around my neck. And immediately, the doors open.

Zadok walks in and our eyes connect. A paralyzing chill spreads through my body as I remember how he tried to kill me.

He put me in this condition.

I disconnected the IV drip on my wrist and prepared