The first thing that greeted Verina was a room entirely dark apart from a yellow lamp perched above her, dimmed and making it hard for her to see her surroundings.
She blinked, trying to see through the darkness, and when she realized where she was, she jumped with fear, her eyes growing wide with confusion.
A rush of ache went all over her, causing her to wince in pain. It was in those moments that she noticed her legs and arms tied with a string rope.
Her chest began to heave frantically. What did she remember? Oh, yes, she had been at the bustling street, moving from stall to stall to buy fine jewelry and clothes and any unique thing that caught her eye, until she saw that diamond and... she sighed deeply as the memories began to come back.
It was that woman, that evil creature that had killed a man right before her eyes.
