Davina's POV
The sound reached me like something from a nightmare—soft initially, then cutting through the silence. A scream.
My eyelids fluttered open reluctantly, drowsiness clinging to every muscle. My mind struggled to make sense of it as another scream pierced the air, closer now, filled with terror.
A woman's voice. Then something crashed.
I bolted upright, my pulse hammering against my ribs. My bedroom door exploded inward with a thunderous bang.
This wasn't a dream.
A scream tore from my throat...
Before I could even shift, calloused hands seized me. Two strangers dressed in black hauled me from my mattress. My feet thrashed wildly as I fought them, words tumbling out in broken gasps.
"Release me! Let me go! What the fuck are you doing? Who are you bastards!"
They paid no attention to my pleas. I was hauled down the corridor, my naked soles burning against the rough floor.
