Chapter 99Adrian's POVI woke up in pain all over and lay on my side because my back was badly injured. The strange man had tortured me seriously.A deep ache I felt spreads from my wrists, back, head, and ribs. It was sharp. Everything hurts. Badly.My eyelids were heavy. The room was too bright when I opened them. Shapes slowly came into focus , it was a white ceiling, white walls, a steady beeping to my left.Hospital.My mind processed the shock from the events in fragmented pieces: the warehouse, the cold floor, a masked man, ropes cutting into my skin. The needle. The burn of something hot sliding into my vein. Voices - one I thought was Martin and a woman giving orders on a phone. Then darkness."Adrian."Darcy's voice. Rough and tired, but it felt like a lifeline.I turned and saw him. Darcy.He was sitting, closer to me, just next to my bed. His eyes were red from sleeping and his hair, messy. He looked completely tired. He also looked like the most beautiful thing in the w
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