I woke up to the cheers of the pack; my vision swarmed, my head spun, and I blinked, trying to make sense of the images my brain was cramming.
My body screamed with every breath I took, my mind a chaotic blur as I processed things around me.
I blinked again, the blurred images slowly merging into solid pictures, and I could finally see where I was.
I was seated in the clearing, my hands and feet tightly bound to a chair, and the ropes dug into my skin. It was almost surprising how they had managed such a feat to drag me without waking me up.
My head was groggy, the ache spreading all over my body, and to say that it hurt was an understatement.
Every part of me was on fire; my body felt like lead, heavy from all of the beating and injuries it had taken. My face was swollen, my jaw was
