Chiara MorettiMy eyes fluttered open, or at least, I thought they did. I was enveloped in darkness that pressed down on me and made every breath a lot of effort. Every nerve ending in my body screamed in protest, I felt sharp pains around my body that made me question if I was even alive. My skin felt alien, stretched and taut, as if encased in a shell. I tried to move, to shift just an inch, but it was impossible.Panic began to prickle at my consciousness, I tried to focus, to pierce through the internal blackness, but all I could feel was the strange, rough texture against my skin, from my fingertips to my toes was all bandaged. Every inch of me was wrapped like a mummy in a tomb. Why? What had happened? A desperate, choked sound escaped my throat, more a gasp than a cry.The last thing... the last thing I remembered was leaving the mansion angrily, getting into my car, and holding the steering wheel under my trembling hands. My vision had been blurred from stinging tears that str
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