CHAPTER 66WITH MY OWN HANDSROWANI know I've said this before, but… pain has a fucking unique way of humiliating you. Pain doesn’t care who you are, what you’ve won, or how strong you used to be. It strips you down to nothing but breath and suffering.My knee felt like someone had dropped a truck on it and forgot to lift it back up. I groaned for the fifth time in less than a minute as I dug my fingers into the sheets as sweat soaked the back of my neck. What the hell is this pain!?Unlike the first few days, the pain wasn't sharp anymore. It was heavy, throbbing and deeper than normal. The kind that crawls into your bones and settles there like it lives there and has paid rent.“Fuck…” I breathed out through a clenched jaw as I tried to breathe.The IV dripped slowly and I felt it was mocking me. Painkillers, they said, you’ll be fine, they said. Lies. I wasn’t fine.I tried shifting my leg just a little, just an inch, and my vision exploded into white.“That’s it,” I hissed, rea
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