A Cage of Roots (2015)
“She had that sensation of falling you sometimes get, except this one had lasted ages, like the fall was into something bottomless. It had not been a restful sleep, more like continuous fainting, and she had dreamt vividly about being back in the house, being smothered by her bedclothes.
It had now been an age since she had first discovered herself trapped in the clay cell. It felt like such a long time that Ayla felt utterly lost – mind, body and soul all adrift in the blackness. She had le...arned every curve of the walls, running her fingers along them, looking for the chink that must be there somewhere, feverishly scratching at the hard earth when she thought she felt it, and then pounding the walls with her fists and shrieking with rage when no gap was found. Each time she had given up the search and lost herself in sobbing. Then she just lay there, staring into the black. The ritual always ended with a bout of determination – a fresh calm to help Ayla look at the situation analytically and maybe find a way out.MoreLess
It had now been an age since she had first discovered herself trapped in the clay cell. It felt like such a long time that Ayla felt utterly lost – mind, body and soul all adrift in the blackness. She had le...arned every curve of the walls, running her fingers along them, looking for the chink that must be there somewhere, feverishly scratching at the hard earth when she thought she felt it, and then pounding the walls with her fists and shrieking with rage when no gap was found. Each time she had given up the search and lost herself in sobbing. Then she just lay there, staring into the black. The ritual always ended with a bout of determination – a fresh calm to help Ayla look at the situation analytically and maybe find a way out.MoreLess
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