Chapter 71

• A part of me knew I was asleep when my heart started to race. The incident was three weeks past but still my body froze and a familiar pain seemed to slam into me. I was hyperventilating and trying to get myself to wake up but the more I tried, the more I slipped deeper into the nightmare.
• “Wake up, Sagira,” I heard a voice that sounded around me as if it was coming from a room lined with speakers. “I am here,” the voice continued. “I’ve got you.” The last words were spoken in a quiet voice that seemed choked with emotions.
• I felt a hand gently combing through my hair as I started to regain consciousness. My head was in someone’s thighs. The room was dark and then cold lips pressed against my cheeks, my forehead, my eyelids.