Ava

Light fades in and out as my world is shocked with blinding flashes and distant explosions. I don’t know where I am, but the fog over my brain clears with each passing second.

Someone drags me forward, my feet sliding in the loose dirt.

I hear him grunting as he pulls my useless body, only the faint outline of his shadow visible in the darkness.

I know who he is now. His voice comes back to me in fleeting whispers. Sam. It’s Sam who’s taken me. I ...