Cruel Awakening

Valerie’s POV

The terrifying, suffocating images of the pitch-black, freezing dungeon cell clawed mercilessly at my fractured mind. My subconscious kept dragging me back down into the damp, stone-cold dark. I could still feel the phantom bite of the chains around my wrists and the hollow ache of starvation gnawing at my ribs. I fought desperately, thrashing against the heavy weight of unconscious