CHARLOTTE When I regained consciousness, the first thing I felt was pain, it was hick, throbbing, crawling under my skin like fire being fed into my veins. My wrists burned the most. They had been tied so tightly for so long that I couldn’t feel the edges of the rope anymore; only the raw, wet sting of broken skin pressed against wolfsbane-coated restraints. For a second, I didn’t even remember where I was.Then the smell hit me.Damp stone. Rotting straw. And the smell of blood old clinging to the air like a curse.My breath caught in my throat as my vision adjusted to the dimness. The dungeon walls came into focus, moss creeping through cracks, water dripping in slow, torturous rhythm. I realized then that I was still in Liam’s prison. I wasn’t sure how long I had been unconscious, but judging from the soreness in my limbs, it wasn’t the first time I had blacked out.My throat felt like sandpaper as I whispered, “Jeffrey…?”The name slipped out before I could stop it, instinctive,
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