Chapter 18

Dominic

The sound of dripping water was the first thing that penetrated the dark haze that surrounded my mind. As I struggled to open my heavy eyelids my body felt strange. I became aware that I could not move my arms or legs. Struggling I lifted my head as I gazed around me, I found the source of the dripping water sound, water was indeed dripping from the ceiling of what appeared to me at least in the dim light of one lone torch to be a cave. As I again tried to move my arms the sound of straining metal chains informed me of the reason why I could not move. I was shackled to the wall and by my arms and feet. I struggled to stand up having to maneuver my feet that were shackled with heavy chains into the correct positions. Just as I was able to finally stand a new sound filled the vastness of the cave, the sound of footsteps became louder as the person walking towards me came closer and closer.