Chapter 21 - From a Dream

Jennah opened her eyes. It was dark, completely and utterly dark.  What time is it? She rubbed a hand over her eyes and tried to persuade them to focus.  Opening them again, she huffed out a breath. It was hopeless, not even a shadow shared her space, wherever she was.  She stiffened when she realized she was lying on something lumpy. She pushed up onto her hand and ran the other one over whatever she was on.  It was some sort of padding, scratchy and lumpy. Please let it just be an old mattress.

Sitting all the way up, she hissed out a breath and held her forehead.  Her head objected to being upright. What had they done to her?  Dropping her hand down, she inched it out away from her body to see what she was on.  It touched nothing after a few seconds.  She moved one leg slowly out. Her foot met air and then fell down to hit the floor.  Okay, so it is a bed—or cot is probably more likely considering it’s ver