Paige's POVThe first sensation that greeted me when I opened my eyes was softness, an unfamiliar weight of silken sheets wrapping around me as if trying to lull me back into sleep, for a moment, I forgot where I was, the ceiling above me wasn’t the cracked plaster of my old room, but painted gold, gilded with carvings that gleamed faintly in the morning light, the curtains, heavy and velvet-rich, filtered the sun into golden ribbons across the polished floor, the air smelled of roses and sandalwood, a fragrance both intoxicating and suffocating.I sat up slowly, my body feeling too small, too insignificant against the grandeur of the bed I had been placed in, my bare feet brushed against a rug so soft it almost swallowed my toes. Everything was luxurious, from the carved dresser with its mirror framed in silver vines, to the chandelier dangling from the ceiling like a cluster of frozen stars. Yet, beneath the splendor, a chill wrapped around my chest, this wasn’t freedom, this wasn’
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