The Cost of Escape

Valerie’s POV

“Darius!” I shouted as I woke up, sitting abruptly upright in bed.

Wait… Bed?

Looking around, I was surprised to find myself in a small patient room of what seemed like a medical clinic. My heart was connected to the heart monitor, which currently beeped rather wildly. There was an IV dripping nutrients into my arm.

“It’s okay, Valerie,” Bryce said, standing beside my bed. “Relax. Yo