Chapter 149.Pearl’s POV.I woke up slowly.Not because I wanted to, but because the pain dragged me back.My head throbbed hard, like something heavy was pressing down on it, and when I tried to open my eyes, the ceiling above me swam and blurred, shifting like it was not even real. I blinked once. Twice. My lashes felt heavy, my vision refused to settle, and my body felt strange, sore, weak, like I had been broken apart and put back together wrongly.But one thing was clear.I was lying on a bed. And this was not my room.Panic rushed through me instantly.I pushed myself up too fast, my breath hitching as pain shot through my body, my stomach twisting sharply, my head spinning harder until dark spots danced before my eyes.“Easy, young one,” a calm voice said. “Do not hurt yourself any further.”I froze.My breath caught as I blinked again, slowly this time, and turned my head toward the sound of that voice.She stood a few steps away.An old woman.No, not old in the weak sense. O
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