EMERY
Darkness surrounds me, pressing in from all sides. My head throbs with a dull ache, and my thoughts are muddled, as if I'm trying to piece together a puzzle with missing fragments. Panic rises within me, a visceral fear that tightens my chest and quickens my breath. Where am I? What happened?
I try to move, but my body feels heavy, and my limbs unresponsive. Fear turns to terror as my fingers graze against the cold, damp earth beneath me. My heart races, its rhythmic pounding echoing in the confined space around me. I can't see anything, can't remember how I got here, and the weight of the unknown presses down on me like a suffocating shroud.
