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0088: Breaking Out

Penulis: FlyingDove
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LAILA’S POV

The cold was relentless. It gnawed at my skin, burrowed deep into my bones, turning my fingers numb. The dungeon floor—rough, damp stone—pressed against my legs, but I didn’t shift. Couldn’t. The silver cuffs around my wrists burned with every movement, a constant reminder of my helplessness.

A sliver of pale light seeped through the barred window high above, barely enough to see my own breath fogging in the air. Day or night? I couldn’t tell anymore. Time had blurred into one endless stretch of fear.

My stomach twisted, growling loudly, but hunger was the least of my pains. The silence—gods, the damn silence—was worse. No voices. No whispers. Just the distant drip of water and the hammering of my own heart.

Liam. Karen. Jackson.

Were they alive? Had they escaped? Or were they somewhere in this hellhole, bleeding, broken—

Okay. Stop.

I squeezed my eyes shut, forcing the images away. But one face refused to leave me.

Alex.

The memory hit like a blade—his body jerking in Alp
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