Lila woke like a drowning person breaking the surface of water. Her eyes shot open, but the world stayed pitch-black. She opened her mouth to shout, and realized it was already open, a cloth gag muffling the sound. There was a throbbing ache in the side of her head that sharpened with every motion, and she thought she might be sick. She tried to sit up, and she quickly discovered that she couldn’t. Panic flooded through her, the need to retch suddenly replaced by the need to breathe. She was in a box. A very small box. She went still, and she exhaled shakily when the box didn’t shift or sway.
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I have only one true fear in this world, and it's being buried alive, so believe me when I say this was a stressful scene to write. I didn't have to do research because I am INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED with the fear (also that scene in Kill Bill) but every single time I had to work on this scene, I nearly gave myself a panic attack.
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