This might become the longest night Laura would ever endure, or perhaps the most absurd one.
She panicked after seeing three corpses lying inside her home. Overwhelmed by fear, she ran outside, screaming and calling for help.
People gathered quickly, just as shocked as she was. And then… a chain of events followed. Hours passed, and by then, it seemed that everyone in the city knew what had happened that day.
Laura collapsed to her knees as a bright light shone down on her face, forcing her to lower her head from the blinding glare.
One thing she knew for certain was that both her arms and legs were bound, pulled tightly in opposite directions. She was positioned on a raised platform. From there, she could sense hundreds, maybe even thousands of people watching her from all sides.
