Chapter 40- Xzen...please...find me

The midnights cold sinks into my exposed body, limp from fatigue. My chest heaves with exhaustion. My icy hands throb in agony, the rough metal chains biting steadily into my skin like razor-sharp teeth.

I tug uselessly at the painful restriction, desperation fueling my struggles.

I can barely feel my hands. Thick trails of dried blood lines my arms from the cuts made into my wrist by the chains. Each heartbeat slowly yet surely becomes painful.

"Please...let me go," I whisper, my voice cracking.

Fear claws at my heart, boldly threatening to consume me.

Goddess, don't let me die here. My unborn child relies on me for protection.

"I must escape… my precious pup depends on me."

After what Sarah did, I'd doubted anything truly was within me but whenever I place my hands on my flat tommy I don't know how but I can feel it. There's a little assurance that I've got a little me in there, somewhere.

Right now I want to feel it. I want to assure them I'm still here. To assure myself they