Eloise coughed. Her throat felt tight and choked. Her lazy lids felt so weak to open.

She tried to move but couldn't. She felt restrained. Her hand felt numb.

When she tried to lift her hand, a sharp pain hit her nerves.

Her eyes flung open as she winced in pain. Then scanned her environment before the memory of what happened before she blacked out came rushing in.

She was at home with Laera, eating and talking about Tamara's company which had gone bankrupt, and how Laera was praising her for the moves she was making.

Then they heard a knock.

Thinking the men must have come to find them,...