No matter how many times Melisa opened or closed her eyes, all she could see was endless darkness. She was locked up in a prison without a shred of sunlight ever since she was taken to the dungeon. No one met her there. Melisa was left thirsty and hungry, a truly inhumane punishment for a royalty like her.
For the past few days, Melisa could only rely on water droplets, which sometimes fell into her cells, to survive. Melisa crawled like a dog, then looked for the water source just by relying on her hearing. She managed to survive for days that way. However, as time went by, Melisa began to feel that her body was slowly breaking down.
