Descend (Awakened Fate book 2)
“Or minutes. In the pitch-black water, my pounding heart made the only sound, sparing the occasional whispers and mutters from the prisoners somewhere above me.
And otherwise, nothing changed.
Floating in the middle of the tiny cell, I took another steadying breath, focusing on keeping myself from surrendering to panic. Earlier, I’d searched the walls, hoping for a crack, a drain, anything to give me a chance of getting out. But the walls, ceiling and floor were solid. Only a soft, slimy fuzz grew over them, thick enough to make it seem as though they’d been undisturbed for years. I’d even tried the door again, zapping myself on it so many times I’d begun to feel like an experiment subject who couldn’t figure out what she wasn’t supposed to touch.
But it didn’t matter, I reminded myself. Someone would come. Someone would find me here. Ren couldn’t get away with this forever.
The still water stirred beyond my cell.
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