They buried me! Lucy's silent scream echoed in her brain. They actually buried me!
Of all the horrific ways she imagined they were going to kill her during the long car ride to the outskirts of the city, this was not on the list. She thought for sure a bullet. Maybe a knife. Possibly drowning by being thrown off a bridge. But not this!
She covered her face with her hands, curled up as much as she was able to in the enclosed space and tried to calm her breathing, knowing she would have to preserve what precious little oxygen she had. She was doing a poor job of keeping her panic in check. She was taking big heaving breaths that escaped her lips in shuddering sobs while tears streamed from swollen eyelids.
"Stop, Lucy!" she chastised herself sharply. "There's no point to this."
She force
