Chapter 17

"Did we have a nice little nap, princess?" The man asks, sarcasm clearly audible.

I look around me, how did he get here? And where are those guards when you need them?

"Don't you try anything, little girl," the man says as he takes some sort of syringe out of his pocket. "This might sting a little."

I feel my heart hammering in my chest, but I force it to settle down. This can't happen, not again.

I start thinking, his knee is pushing down my right hand so I can't use that arm, but my left arm is free to do whatever I want it to. I take a deep breath, make a fist, swing...

And I hit him right in his face. He grunts and falls back far enough for me to shake off his hand and scream for help.

Not a moment later, a whole group of guards comes running into my room. Before anyone can catch him, the man runs through the room and jumps out the window into the night, but not before saying, "until the next time we meet, princess."