Chapter 19

I wasn't dead. My eyelids were heavy, and I was cold.it was all too dark, and I could barely see. I moved my hands, and it moved, and my legs moved too. The last I remember was that I was pushed into a vehicle, and that seemed like an eternity ago.

I grunted in pain as I pushed off my bruised knees. I was an idiot. I should have waited. I should have called Kyle. He warned me not to go anywhere without him. Paige warned me too. Now I've failed her. I'm caged in here by God knows who, and I won't be able to help her out of there. What is a disaster?!

Once I was on my feet, I ripped off the tape on my mouth. Did they expect me to sleep forever?

Tch...

I took in my surroundings. I was in a cage at one end of a closed basement, and a dim lantern on the side of the space cast just enough light to see dark walls.

“Shit!” I gasped. The heat the lantern created was just too unbearable, and I thought that it was the intended torture by my captives.

Someone moaned softly. I spuned and gasped w