Inayah slept fitfully throughout the night.
Sleep constantly deserted her, playing games to which she constantly succumbed to— it reached for her along the edges and just as her eyelids grew hooded, she would catch brief flashes of a beast in the woods, and that alone shuddered her awake.
She woke three times during the night, panting and gasping for air, glowing with perspiration that matted the front of her gown to her chest.
Her body throbbed with great intensity, oftentimes she whimpered whilst lying on her back, afraid to flatten against her stomach.
When the agony grew far too worse, she carefully rolled onto her side and gazed at the small rectangular window that gave way to the darkness beyond.
It was quiet outside, deathly so, the sky night that was once lit with stars now bl
