ing stopped with a bo

The heavy sedatives Dr. Finch had forced upon her dragged h

the sterile clinic where Finch had diagnosed her. But the walls were stretc

heavy restraints-like the leather straps of a straitjacket-were w

e inside of her skull, tearing at her identity. The nightmare was a manifestation of the g

ke suits circled her, whispering her failures, telling

sounding like a distorted blend of Lachlan an

tion in her mind. She felt the memory of Martha's warm hands, the

was weak in the dream, easily

d the broken glass cutting her foot. She remembered the cold met

restraints physically.

had for Lachlan, for Brenda, for this entire fabricated existence.

the paralyzing fear the n

m, she violently yanked her arms outward. She imagined the restr

y crack and disintegrate. The sterile room collaps

sychological resistance pushed her deeper into her subconscious, past

bed her mind, dragging her violen

anished. Al

bsolute, terrify

through the dar

terrified scream. The s