Chapter 22

Nellie opened her eyes slowly, her entire body was so stiff and heavy. She looked around the room, it took her a while to make out the interior of the room she was lying in and even a longer time recalling what happened. When she finally did, she was surprised to find she was still in Earl's room, it had been what? She couldn't tell how long she had been sleeping but her throat was so dry that it felt like her own voice was going to hurt if she dared utter a word. She looked around the room to see if there was anyone in it, there was no one, not even Ariel. She turned to look at the window so she could at least tell if it was night, she could tell it was afternoon from the sun rays that reflected on the window. Pushing herself up, Nellie felt like all her bones had been broken into a million pieces inside her body, she knew there were guards at the door and she just had to get to them to get water. Ariel was not in the room, she couldn't blame her though, she tried to push hersel