Chapter - 21

Cold. So very cold... It was not supposed to be like this... Father said it would be another easy raid. More wealth and food to obtain... Easy... It was supposed to be so easy... Where are you... Where are you, father? Why haven't you come for me yet? I screamed into my head in silence.

Darkness filled the room, it was cold and silent, the rattle of chains filled the room as my hands once more explored the bonds that now had chained me to this damned wooden pillar. My arms had been shaking for what felt like an eternity. These people, damn them, have held me here for days. Why haven't they just killed me yet? Why do they continue to torment me here in this room. No sounds. No food. Only water and that is the worst of it all. My eyes have adjusted to the darkness and I can still feel my mask on my face. I was sat there slumped onto the wooden bean with my arms above my arms and since they had been there for so long they had been aching.