Delilah

My head pounded.

That was the first thing I noticed when consciousness returned. A dull, throbbing pain that radiated from the base of my skull through my entire body.

The second thing I noticed was the cold. Stone beneath me, cold seeping through my clothes, making me shiver.

I opened my eyes slowly, carefully, keeping my breathing steady like I was still unconscious.

A cell. I was in a cell.

Stone walls, iron bars, a single small window high up that let in minimal light. The ...