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The Cradle of Thorns
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2026-06-13 09:05:00I woke to the feeling of leather straps cutting into my wrists and ankles, and the world came back to me in fragments of white light and terror.
My eyelids felt heavy, like someone had weighted them with stones. The room swam into focus slowly, the bright overhead lights burning my eyes. I tried to move, but my body refused to obey. Thick leather restraints held my arms and legs to the hospital bed, tight enough to bite into my skin. A dull ache throbbed in my head, and my mouth tasted
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