The fine crystal glass clinked as my mother raised it in a toast. “To the future,” she smiled, pressing the $500 glass of Opus One into my hands. I swallowed once, and the room started spinning….
The cold hit me first. It was deep, bone-leeching cold that pulled the heat right out of my spine. I was lying face down on packed dirt in total darkness. My stomach spasmed violently, a hard, ugly knot trying to turn itself inside out. I didn’t thrash. I didn’t scream. Panic is a luxury you … Read more