Captive in the Dark

Sylvie POV

It’s just a dream. It’s just a damn dream.

I chant the words over and over in my mind, desperate to make them true. I force my gritty eyelids open, expecting to see the faded linoleum of our kitchen. Instead, suffocating darkness swallows my vision. The cold kitchen floor is gone, replaced by a damp, freezing chill that seeps straight into my bones. My head throbs with a vicious, poun