Maya’s POV

I blinked, and for a moment, the world seemed to reel in confusion about me. My head was like lead, every breath I took was a little more than a shallow, frightened swallow of air. My arms and legs were so weak-maybe I did not wake up at all.

All I could remember was the dark, cold cell-the chains biting into my skin, the silence so great it hurt my ears, the shadows closing in-then... nothing.

I strove to move, to raise my hand or sit up, but found that my ...