Chapter 202

Lysandra

The room was dim, lit only by the weak glow of the moon through the window. I did not sleep as I tried to allow myself to fall asleep. It was the one way for nurses to stay away from me.

I lay curled beneath the blankets, trying to find comfort in the warmth, but it didn’t help. My skin prickled. The shadows felt longer than they should. The silence too heavy. The silence felt too cold and I was scared. Scared of being alone. It was as if I was being watched and I felt like I was back in the cell again, like I was locked up there.

In that room there was no light. There was no moon, there was no sun. I just stayed there in the dark and he refused to allow me to see anything until he opened the door. That was the only light that I saw when he walked inside. And then when he locked the door again, I was just back in the darkness.

I knew that feeling all too well. And for me to feel it here, I knew that something was wrong.

I shifted slightl