One breath at a time. The air hung heavy and warm, thick with the scent of bleach and something else—something almost forgotten, like an old lullaby drifting on a breeze. It curled around her skin, sticky and close, as if the room itself breathed with her, held her in an invisible embrace. Shadows pooled in the corners, deep and velvety, swallowing the edges of her vision until the world seemed to narrow down to a single point—the pain, relentless and raw, pulsing inside her like a living thing. It felt endless. The ache twisted and clawed beneath her ribs, a fire smoldering beneath fragile flesh, rising with every heartbeat, with every breath she fought to take. Then, faintly but firmly, a voice called through the haze. “One breath at a time.” It was a soft, steady whisper, a thread of strength woven through the chaos. A voice that had always known how to steady her, how to hold her when the night was too dark. Mia’s chest rose and fell in uneven, shallow breaths. Each in
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