Chapter 3

After a small supper, for I couldn't eat much, I felt tired. I then decided to go to bed so that I could get a good rest. I went quietly to my room, located upstairs in the inn, and closed the door behind me. I saw that the window was open so I went to close it after I made sure that the door was locked. At the window I closed it, but I froze to a dead stop when I felt the edge of a sharp blade at my back. A hand reached across my shoulder on my right and grabbed my left shoulder to keep me from getting away. The hand was strong and firm, but the grip was a grip that clutched my heart my heart in fear. What happened next went by so quickly that I couldn't even fight back, it was like I was parylized. My hands were tied and I was gagged and blindfolded. I was then carried down and out of the window away from the inn at where I was staying. I realized that we were suddenly in the woods behind the inn because I heard the snapping of twigs under my captor's feet. I felt the scraping of branches against my face and the blood that they drew fall on to the ground. My life flailed by me and I knew that it was going to be impossible to see my family or my house again.