Darkness wasn’t silent.It buzzed.It echoed.It felt like someone had stuffed my head with cotton and set the world on mute. My ears rang, my vision flickered somewhere between shadows and half-formed shapes, and my body refused to keep up with whatever chaos was happening around me.I tried to breathe.Nothing happened.Then suddenlyAir.Sharp, cold air filled my lungs like I’d forgotten how to inhale.Something warm pressed against my cheek.“Ava. Ava, open your eyes.”That voice again.Low. Controlled. Breaking at the edges.Adrian.My eyes fluttered, vision blurry, and all I saw at first was movement, trees shaking, the night sky spinning, and Adrian kneeling beside me.Not angry.Not furious.Not intense.Something worse.He looked… afraid.“Are you okay?” he demanded, too fast, too rough, like fear had wrapped itself around his throat.I didn’t answer because my brain was still trying to reconnect its wires.“What… happened?” I croaked.“You fainted,” he said and I felt his mu
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