Ashley’s POVThe dreadful cold that seeped through my clothes, penetrating them, my skin, and seemingly reaching into my bones, was what I woke up to.Even before I opened my eyes, I knew where I was. My entire body ached and hurt so badly that I was terrified that I must have broken several bones.A soft whimper came, and I started, until I realized that it came from my own lips. I opened my eyes, or at least, I tried to. I could barely see anything.In fact, I could only see faintly from one of my eyes, but I couldn’t see a single thing from the other one, which probably meant that it was swollen shut, or maybe it was even now blind.Even though my entire body protested the movement, I forced myself to get into a sitting position, then I scooted back against the stonewall, my fairly good eye watering and pitiful whimpers escaping from my throat as pain ravaged every single fiber of my being.Of course, I was back in the dungeon once again, and this time around, there would be no esc
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