Chapter 56

Seeing Emiliana was the soothing balm my soul needed. I was in too much pain to even attempt to move, but that didn't stop me from feeling relieved when I saw her silhouette kneeling in front of me. Thank God.

These days had been a complete hell; I had even lost track of time. I only knew that a new day was dawning because they brought me a meal. I guessed that my kidnapper had no accomplices.

Only he had come to visit me, and I only saw him when he brought me meals during breakfast and dinner. The remaining hours I spent alone, curled up in a corner, doing my best not to go crazy.

I never lost faith in Emiliana; I knew that my beloved Mili would come to rescue me. It was my duty to stay sane in order to buy time. Time that was ticking away too fast, increasing my anxiety with each passing moment.

This was the worst torture of all, listening to that damned clock chime every sixty minutes. I had never hated a device like that. And there was no