"S-shit…" Karla groaned.
"I-it hurts."
She felt hot, as though something was… burning. She shook her head, trying to snap herself out of the overwhelming disorientation that clouded her mind.
'Where am I?'
Karla peered her eyes open, but all she saw was pure darkness through her blurry vision. The surroundings were eerily silent, and the air held a kind of chill she couldn't explain.
'W-what the hell happened…?'
She tried to move past the cloud that enveloped her thoughts, to remember what had happened.
'I-I failed my mission last night, and this morning I planned to…'
The realization slammed into her, hard. She remembered now. Everything. She had wanted to search Malakai's room, to discover other ways to win him over… only to run into…
'That witch!'
A splitting headache hit her, and Karla tried to clutch her head in pain, only to realize she couldn't move. Her body was stiff, frozen like stone.
