Lina’s POV Darkness wasn’t just darkness.It had weight. It pressed against me like something alive, something that knew I was weak and chose that exact moment to settle heavier on my chest, on my skull, on my lungs. My eyelids felt glued shut, thick and uncooperative, and somewhere deep inside my head a dull, pulsing ache throbbed in slow, merciless waves. Each pulse spread outward, thick and heavy, like poison crawling through my veins.Sedative.The realization came slowly, like surfacing from deep water. My thoughts were sluggish, delayed, but they were still there. Still mine.My fingers twitched. Pain answered instantly. Cold plastic bit into my wrists, sharp and unforgiving, cutting into the skin with mechanical indifference.Zip ties.Not rope. Not cuffs.Zip ties were worse in their own way. Cleaner. More efficient. No hesitation, no room for error. Whoever had secured me knew exactly what they were doing. I didn’t open my eyes.Not yet.Panic clawed at the edges of my ches
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