Left in the Dark

KAELEN'S POV

The first thing I became aware of was the steady sound of water dripping somewhere in the darkness.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Each drop echoed through my skull like a hammer.

I groaned, forcing my eyes open, only to immediately regret it. My head felt like someone had split it open with an axe and stitched it back together with barbed wire.

"...Where the hell..."

This definitely wasn't the Mi