Chapter Nineteen

I woke to complete blackness. I felt a cold, metal pain on my wrists and ankles, and my limbs were sore. I realized I was chained. Standing. My arms were outstretched, by my sides, and I tried to move them, but they didn’t budge. Neither did my feet. I heard a rattle as I tried, and felt the cold, hard metal dig harder into my wrists and ankles. Where the hell am I?

I opened my eyes wider, heart pounding, trying to get a feel of where I was. It was cold. I was still dressed, but barefoot, and I could feel cold stone beneath my feet. I...