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CHAPTER 32

ADRIANNA’S POV

My heavy eyelids fluttered open to the blurred outlines of the high ceiling and chandelier in Hermes’s chamber. Every slight movement I made sent a wave of pain rippling through my body, a breathy wince escaping as though I had just woken up from a deep coma. It made me wonder how long I had been unconscious from that sedative.

As my vision took time to adjust, I tried to get up but realized I was bare against the sheets, my hands and legs chained to the bedpost as usual. Tears formed in my eyes, helpless, choked-back sobs racking in my throat as my mind ran wild with the thought of the punishment Hermes had planned for me.

Will I be able to survive it? I had almost made it to the gates. Those stupid dogs shattered my plans, my only shot at freedom. I didn’t see them coming at all. If only I had…

My thoughts were cut off when a sharp, pungent smell like that of a burning metal hit my nostrils. The smell prompted me to snap my head towards the direction it wa
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