Chapter 185. The Destruction

Olive’s eyes slowly fluttered open to see a sky so clear and bright, she thought she was on the other side of life. The last time she had looked up, the sky had looked dangerously angry, appearing to be lit up with hot coals. But this sky now was beautiful in its natural form. Birds sang far off, and she could see hawks hovering in the clear skies. Funny, she thought, hawks hover in the sky that way when there’s a fire somewhere below, and the smoke is reaching up. Right?

She breathed in, and her chest hurt. She tried to move her neck, and it hurt, too. She swallowed, and her throat hurt as well. Why was she hurting all over?

She gathered enough of her energy and pushed herself up from the ground, but couldn’t sit upright. Something was pinning her down. That thing was over her legs and her chest. Oh no! Was she shackled?

‘Stop being dramatic.