Chapter 56

• You floated back to consciousness when you felt your center of gravity shift as someone picked you up. The gentle sway of your body and the swing of your legs through empty air could only mean you’re being carried, but the fingers digging into your fragile skin confirmed your worst fears.
• You had been taken by Maxim or for him.
• Your eyes strained open to an opaque netted looking fabric over your head. Your breaths came and went much like a fish out of water. This sucked the burlap up against your face before pushing it back out.