I reached up to wipe the grime out of them and felt a serious throb in my temple that caused me to groan. My eyes fluttered open, and it didn’t take more than a second to realize that I had no clue where I was. I sat up and immediately regretted it. The pounding inside my head increased tenfold, and I thought for a moment that I was going to pass out again. It all came back to me then. The opening ceremony of the Summit; Lukas kissing Vivian Reddon on the cheek, my flight out of the tent and into the night. I gingerly let my fingertips explore the side of my head. Underneath my hair, there was a knot the size of a golf ball just above my ear. I had no idea what I had been hit with, but it had done some damage. Somehow, I managed to stay conscious even though the room started to slowly spin. I gulped several deep breaths and tried to think calming thoughts. I desperately tried not to think about the fact that I had been kidnapped. Finally reaching a place where the world had stopped spinning and my hysteria was somewhat abated, I cracked my eyes open again.
