Elizabeth drifted toward consciousness, and by the time her eyes adjusted to the pale ceiling above her, the first thing she understood was not where she was, but memories of grief.Her throat burned when she swallowed, the taste left behind was bitter and chemical, and as she lay there without moving, she became aware of a restless agitation moving through her limbs, as though her body were demanding something it had been trained to expect.The realization came slowly that they had not simply been giving her medication.They had been feeding her something.She did not open her eyes fully, nor did she shift her body, because voices beyond the door made her instinctively remain unnoticed.Waylon’s voice carried first, the same tone he always used when he wanted to sound controlled.“I’m telling you, she’s becoming a problem again,” he said, and there was a faint irritation beneath the surface that he was attempting to keep in check. “Kahn has been back twice already, and she’s not tak
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