Chapter 10
Todd couldn’t open his eyes.
He was barely able to pry his mouth open. Lips opening and closing, he soundlessly sucked in quick, aching breaths. Hazy light filtered through his eyelids, but they were covered with some sort of sticky goo. He tried to raise his hands to brush it away but couldn’t; they were glued to his sides. Twisting his body from side to side caused hundreds of points of sharp, stinging pain to spread throughout his arms, legs, and torso, up his neck and down his spine.
Clenching his jaw so tightly it caused more pain to shoot along his head and neck, Todd screamed through his teeth and forced deep breaths into his lungs. Puffing out, blew the glop away long enough he could get another deep breath, but the air he pulled in tasted stale and stung his throat.
