Chapter 23: Forgive my foolishness.

ITHRA  I need water.  That was the only thing I could think of as my eyes fluttered open. I felt like I hadn't drank water for a thousand years.  My eyes adjusted to my surroundings and I couldn't tell where I was. White light, white covers, soft mattress, but no water.  I need to find water. I forced myself up the bed, scanning the room for any transparent liquid that could quench my parched throat. Instead, I feel a prickly pain in my wrist. An IV drip was placed on my hand, hindering my free movement.  I tried to remember how I got here but came up blank. The last thing I remembered was pledging my life to Zadok.  With that opened up memories that flooded my consciousness.  I was set up. And then, strangled.  My hands instinctively go around my neck. And immediately, the doors open.  Zadok walks in and our eyes connect. A paralyzing chill spreads through my body as I remember how he tried to kill me.  He put me in this condition.  I disconnected the IV drip on my wrist and prepared