Flashback

My anguish must have been so great that I passed out. Even though I was now waking up quite exhausted, at least the agony had subsided. But something about me felt different. It seemed as though I was losing control of myself.

"This little one is not without tenacity." One of the guards said out to me from outside my cell, "I'll leave it ar that." I didn't get his meaning.

I opened my lips to speak, but all that came out was a bark. I moved! I wasn't even aware ...