Chapter 5

Maria's POV;

Gentle gusts of breeze swayed sunflowers in the vast meadow where I had found myself standing wearing a white sundress.Not too far from me stood a tall man with a petite woman beside him and two young boys in front of them.I was unable make out their faces but could hear them shouting,"....!","Come here,....!","....,come to us!"

I got a weird sense of familiarity towards these people before I knew my body began to move on its own and I was run towards them.But the closer I got to them it seemed the further they stood from me,it was like I was rooted to my place unable to move towards them no matter how much I tried.All of a sudden the land below me began to shake violently making me lose my balance and that instant the earth cracked open plummeting me unground.

I jolted awake feeling my head cracking open with a raging migraine.I held my head with my hands trying to soothe it which failed miserably.Through my hazy vision I saw a male sitting on an armchair beside the bed and for a split second what looked like a flicker concern in their stormed in his eyes but it disappeared just as quickly.

"m.....m...m.me..dici..ne ....i.ii..nn ...m..mm....y...ba...ggg.....!",I tried to

to ask for my medication which was in my luggage but came out as a stuttering mess.But somehow that person understood as he left my side only to return a minute later with my medication in one hand and a glass of water in the other.He helped to swallow the medicine and drink some water,and seconds later I passed out cold.

Rays of bright light invade my slumber making me squirm and stir awake once again.I yawned lazily and trying to find the source of light to close it which turned out to be a lamp at my right which I didn't waste a second to switch it off.

After sitting up and taking a look at my surroundings I noticed I was in an unknown room where everything screamed luxury whilst having dark vides from the huge black wood bed to the charcoal grey walls to the pebble grey floor tiles,I was intrigued by the floor to ceiling window stretching across the wall in front of the bed showing off the beautiful night view of an unknown city.The right end of the window had a glass door with a balcony attached which had two iron grey seats,along with one of those egg hammock swing things also in black and a small table with some plants.On the wall left from me were three doors,but one door stood out it had a very ominous vide to it.

As I tried to stand up and leave the room I heard a clacking sound.I looked and found a chain was connecting my foot to the bed.While I was busy trying to remove the chain I heard a clicking sound of a lock being opened.