Somewhere far away, in a dark, dingy corner of an unknown room, Aliana finally came back to her senses. The chaotic memories of everything that had occurred before she slipped out of consciousness in the bathroom of the Vanderbilt Estate came rushing back in a dizzying wave.
Only a single, trembling word escaped her lips into the cold, dark confines of the walls. "Gav."
Discovering herself trapped in this horrific state, her limbs bound tightly with heavy iron chains, a cold dread crawled up her spine. The terror was so overwhelming that she found herself utterly unable to control her breathing.
'Why? Just why am I here?' Her frantic mind raced, panic rising fast and tightening like a physical vice around her heart.
'Diana… That woman, why would she do that to me?' Aliana was entirely consumed by confusion over the woman's sudden, vicious actions.
Nothing she could think of justified the way the woman had violently ambushed her in the bathroom like a rabid animal.
