Chapter 5. Favour Repaid

I remained seated on the floor where I had landed earlier and didn’t move an inch. Everything was so quiet now, including the thoughts that had been swirling in my head. 

The only thing I could hear was the loud silence in my ears and the drumming of my heart. Who knew silence could be so deafening?

I pushed back against myself and drew my legs to my chest. I sat so still for a long time until my legs and back began to hurt from the terrible position, but I still didn’t move. I deserved to be in pain. It was my punishment for being alive. 

I slowly brought my head to my folded knees, and it only caused more discomfort to my back, but I didn’t mind. I didn’t deserve to be here. I didn't know why they brought me here, but it couldn’t be for anything that I liked.

Was he going to make me suffer? Make me into a slave because he didn't get enough fulfilment from killing everyone else? I could see in his eyes that the hatred he felt towards us didn't dim with Da