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Eighty-Six

Author: Luxie
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-31 23:08:09

Vanessa

I didn’t panic right away, but something in me stuttered. My fingers twitched before anything else. The sheets under me were too clean. Too soft. There was a chemical bite in the air—disinfectant, maybe alcohol, something sharp that clung to the back of my throat. I blinked, but everything came in slow, like I was underwater. Colors smeared together. The ceiling light had a harsh white glare that pressed down on my skull like someone had cracked it open and poured daylight inside.

I moved, or tried to, and the pressure at my wrists yanked me still. Not ropes. Not chains. Just stiff bands that dug into my skin with medical efficiency. I swallowed, or tried. My throat was dry and raw like I'd been screaming, or drugged, or both. My mouth opened but no sound came out—just air scraping over vocal cords that hadn’t worked in hours.

Where the hell was I?

I tilted my head to the side to escape the light, and it hit me—no more chains. That realization thudded through me. I wasn’t in
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