Kay Hooper by Hiding In The Shadows (Txt)

Author:Hiding In The Shadows (Txt) [Shadows, Hiding In The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN.

“I need to go by the office for a few minutes,” Kane said as they left the hospital.

Faith thought he kept talking, thought he was explaining something about a call he’d received about a problem on a job site, but she could no longer hear him. The sounds of rushing water drowned out his words. She stared straight ahead through the windshield, trying not to flinch away from what she heard even though the force of it was almost overwhelming.

And it wasn’t ‘just the sound. Panic was crawling around in her head; the sense of being smothered, of not having enough room, not nearly enough room, paralyzed her. The musty smell of damp earth was so strong she kept her breathing shallow, trying desperately not to inhale that moldy dampness, and she had the eerie certainty that if she looked down at herself she’d find her clothing wet, her skin dripping.

I am wide awake. So why does this feel like a nightmare?

Gradually, so gradually that at first Faith hardly noticed, darkness closed around her. She could see nothing. Feel nothing except the sense of heaviness all around her, of walls too close to bear. She was trapped, helpless. The awful smell grew stronger, so much so that she had the urge to cough to get it out of her throat. And now there was a new sound added to the rushing water. A clicking. No-a clinking. Metal on metal? Not rhythmic but erratic, weak, uncertain … If I can just get this loose … if I can get my hands free before they come back … Oh, damn, why won’t my fingers work? It’s so dark. I hate the dark. I hate this place. Why did they have to put me here? There’s no room, no air to breathe. Too close, the walls are too close, the ceiling … I’ve got to get out of here before I … before they … Why is this so hard?

Why can’t I- “Faith?”

Why can’t I move? If there was just a little light.

just a little more room to move. If I only had more time. If only it didn’t hurt so much- “Faith!

She came back to herself with an ‘ abruptness.

Light flooded her vision, and the sudden cessation of the sounds of rushing water made the quiet of the car seem almost deafening.

And the familiar voice that had been in her head, its vibrant personality still incredibly strong despite distance and despair and suffering, was gone as though it had never been there.

“Faith, for God’s sake-“

She blinked at Kane, realizing that he was holding her shoulders and was shaking her. Her arm ached dully beneath his grip, but it was nothing compared to the agony that had been in her mind.

“I’m all right,” she murmured.

His fingers tightened painfully, then released her.

“You want to tell me what in hell happened? One minute we were talking, and the next you were so far away I couldn’t reach you.” Faith realized that he had stopped the car, that they were in an underground parking garage.

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