Chapter 68

How many hours had gone by?

I couldn't tell, all I knew was that I was awake but I couldn't move an inch.

Breathing was almost a chore, my lungs seemed to have been paralyzed, along with the rest of me. My eyes were opened, at least it felt like they were.

Golden, glowing orbs danced around in my blurry vision and my lips quivered from every attempt I made to speak.

What was going on?

My mind was a haze of scattered thoughts, of scattered memories my body seemed to reject. I didn't want to remember the look of that strange scar on the back of the strange man, or the strength in his grip when it held my throat, blocking air, making my eyes, nose, everything burn.

I couldn't…I didn't want to remember!

I had to find a way.

Wake up Amelia!

Wake the fuck up!

“Well…well, Mrs. Wellington,”

That…I heard that loud and clear. A deep, powerful voice pulled me out from the hazy depths of my mind.

I felt a hot tear slide down the side of my face as my vision slowl