Chapter 19
Abby shivered as she slowly regained consciousness. She was disoriented, and her head felt funny, as if full of cotton. Shaking her head in an effort to clear it, Abby tried to sit up, but couldn’t move her arms and legs. She pulled frantically and realized she was strapped down on some type of bedding on a hard surface. Abby looked wildly around as she tried to determine what had happened. She remembered Zoran being shot and collapsing.
“Zoran!” Abby cried out, tears filling her eyes at the thought of anything harming him.
“So, the Valdier’s little pet has awakened,” a voice said out of the darkness.
“Where am I? Where is Zoran? What have you done to him?” Abby forced the questions through a dry, scratchy throat. “Why are you doing this?”
Ben’qumain knelt down next to Zora
