Chapter 35

• My heart raced in my chest, each beat echoing in the stillness of the room like a drum heralding impending doom. What happened yesterday? Try as I might, I couldn't recall a single detail; my mind was clouded by a haze of confusion and pain.
• "I will make you remember," he declared, his words a promise laced with malice. With a cruel twist of his hand, he dragged me from the room, my hair serving as a tether to his control. The pain intensified with each step, a constant reminder of my vulnerability in the face of his cruelty.
• As we moved through the darkness, the temperature seemed to drop, a chill settling over me like a suffocating blanket. Shadows danced along the walls, casting eerie shapes that seemed to mock my plight. But in the midst of fear and uncertainty, a flicker of defiance ignited within me, a spark of resistance against the darkness that threatened to consume me.