Chapter fourteen

     It had been a week since Elstan had came. There wasn't much of a way to tell time in my cell but I heard a door opening somewhere and exchange of voices every eight hours. I figured it was guards changing posts. Plus once the sun went down I could feel Zariah getting stronger like she always did at night. It wasn't the best way to tell time but it was all I had. I hurt and ached everywhere from hunger and from the lack of being able to run around like I was used to. I had paced this cell so frequently since I had been locked up that I had worn out the socks I had been wearing. They were so full of holes that they did nothing to keep my feet warm.

    I had barely slept the entire time I had been here. Every time I felt like I was able to finally relax enough to sleep something woke me up. I just didn't know what. I could feel myself getting weaker every day and it drove me mad. I felt like I was about to loose what little sanity I clung to at an