The loud, shrilling alarm tore through the cell block like a chainsaw at dawn.I jerked awake on the thin, lumpy mattress, heart pounding violently against my ribs. The entire prison was blaring — a high-pitched, relentless siren that made my teeth rattle and my head throb. Inmates around me started cussing immediately, voices echoing off the concrete walls like angry ghosts.“Fuck this system!” a woman yelled from the next cell, her voice hoarse from sleep.“Every damn morning with this shit!” another shouted, banging on the bars.“Turn that fucking thing off before I shove it up someone’s ass!”I sat up slowly, rubbing my eyes. My body still ached from the night before — the rough handling, the unwanted touches, the humiliation of being stripped and processed. The cell was small and bare, with two bunks, a metal toilet, and a sink. Damian was already up, sitting on the bottom bunk, staring at the wall with that same cold, indifferent expression. He didn’t look at me. He never did.T
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