BOOK TWO: VICIOUS

There have been many times when I awoke as a child to strange surroundings and had no idea how I got there. Hospitals, closets, under the bed. I should've been used to it by now. But waking up this time filled me with terror because of the sounds I heard before my eyes fluttered open: hard, human voices, squeaky wheels underneath me, and the faint wail of Saelis. Those three sounds together were eerie and not right at all.

Something rough jostled my ...