Alicia POV

I kept my hands clasped to try to cage the trembles. My cuffed wrists were linked to the chain that was bound around the metal bar that was centered on a heavy-duty steel table. The concrete box I was in, hardly different from my cell in solitary.

Four impenetrable walls that felt like they were slowly closing in, each breath drawing them nearer. Just as the air was thinning with every passing moment like a crushing force was gradually exerting pressure ...