I hovered in the dark, a cold, empty void, hearing the rhythmic beep-beep-beep of the machines. I wasn't just unconscious; I was being kept under.
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Chapter 4 - THE WAKE-UP CALLIn the ICU, the air suddenly cleared. The toxic haze that had been suppressing my brain function vanished. I blinked, my eyelids feeling like lead.
Tessa, the head nurse, was leaning over me. She had been suspicious of the "orders" Judith had been giving. "Rebecca? Can you hear me?"
I squeezed her hand.
"Don't speak," she whispered. "Grant and Judith think you're still under. We have to get you out before they start the 'extraction'."
