See the light

The forest never seemed to end. The trees rose like prison bars, tall and unshakable, their branches knotted together in a canopy that shut out the sun. In that darkness, Tessa had forgotten how many days had passed since her abduction. Weeks turned into months, months into years, until seven years stood behind her like a shadow.

She was no longer the woman she had been. Gone was the bright mother who sang lullabies to her newborns, the woman who dreamed of family picnics and ...