Chapter 96

SHOCK RANG THROUGH ME AS I stared in confusion at a strange ceiling.

Where the hell am I? Why can't I move right?

All my limbs felt oddly heavy, and I wasn't sure if I had the strength to push up, to look around. A scrabbling noise somewhere beyond my feet distracted me, and a frantic feeling of panic began to swell in my chest when I struggled to move again.

Why am I in bed? What's happened?

The sound of a door swinging open and male voices made me freeze in terror at the unknown.

'Hold on a moment!' a voice commanded, and a man's face appeared, staring down in astonishment. I recognized the uniform with a jolt; a guard of the Royal Chambers, that Yakov showed me.

Yakov. Oh god, I'm not on Earth.