SELENA.I woke up slowly, as though my body had decided sleep was no longer something it trusted.For a few seconds, I simply lay still, staring at the dim ceiling above me, trying to understand where I was. The room was unfamiliar at first, until the details settled into place, the muted light, the scent of rain still lingering from the night before, and the steady presence beside the bed.Denver.The memory of the previous night returned in fragments rather than order. Christopher’s hands. The pressure around my throat. The explosion of movement after the door had burst open. After that, everything blurred into warmth and noise and distance.My throat tightened as I instinctively raised a hand to it. The skin was tender beneath my fingertips.Real.It had really happened.I exhaled slowly and forced myself to sit up.That was when I noticed Denver watching me.He was already awake, sitting beside the bed as though he had not moved for some time. His posture was still, but his eyes
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