Chapter 95D’ALAYA’S POINT OF VIEWI had never felt pain like this. Each blow of the whip fell on my skin like a burning blade, drawing out a scream that I could not hold back. My back burned, my tears mixed with the sweat that flooded my face, and my wrists tied behind me hurt horribly from pulling, from resisting, from wanting to free myself. —Aaaah!...please...stop! My voice was strangled, torn, almost unrecognizable. But nothing worked. The sharp sound of leather split the air again before hitting my flesh, each time stealing a little breath, a little strength, a little hope. In my head, only one thought kept looping: my baby. I was afraid that with each blow, each shock, I would lose this fragile life that was growing inside me. I gritted my teeth, I prayed silently, I begged God, heaven, anyone to spare my child, even if I had to die here. I could no longer feel where the pain ended and the panic began. My whole body was on fire, and yet my heart was beating so hard, so fast
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