Growing Pains

     Davina's point of view

I knew I felt awful. Growing pains in the pit of my stomach, nasty headaches and murdering pain from the rune at my back and even worse, the Amnell ancestral mark on my wrist burned badly. I earnestly have no idea what's happening to me, it's as if there's some kind of war going on within me. I wiped off the beads of sweat on my face, carefully and cautiously detaching the last metal bars off it's hinges with the pointed edge of my scissors. It did come in handy.

     I channelled my focus from the biting pains in my stomach to the work at hand. I was almost done. Ever since Darwin apprised me of his idiotic plan in turning me into a vampire, I lost the last strain of calmness I had and my patience went down the drain as well. I can't just sit still and wait for Darwin to take away my humanity and mark me. I had to find a way out of here. For days now, I've been working on the barred window of t