#Chapter 267: Gone

Tessa

Consciousness came in flashes.

My head throbbed. A high-pitched ringing filled my ears, drowning out most other sounds. I tried to open my eyes, but even the dim lights pierced my vision painfully, forcing them shut again.

Something was trembling against me. Maisie. She was alive. “Mommy…”

More shouting. Footsteps. The sound of boots on stone.

Then warm hands on my face. I forced my eyes ope