C29 Twenty Nine

Dani awoke with a jolt.

The floor was cold and hard beneath her, and in the dark it was difficult to make sense of her surroundings.

The back of her head throbbed with pain. She winced at the sore, damp spot on her head when she touched it, and blood came away at her fingertips.

The sound of a gunshot echoed in her mind, and with it the flashback of Alexei bleeding on the ground. Dani sat up