Chapter 159 Aiden Waking up was not a sudden moment. It was a slow, agonizing drag back into a body that felt completely shattered.When my eyes finally fluttered open, the room was wrapped in a suffocating darkness and a bitter, biting cold. My instinct was to pull the blanket up over my shivering shoulders, but when my hand reached out, it found nothing. The sheets were completely gone. The mattress beneath me was bare, rough, and cold against my exposed skin. The space beside me was empty, carrying a terrifying stillness, like no human being had ever been there at all.I tried to sit up, but the moment I shifted my weight, a sharp wave of white-hot pain shot straight through my lower body. A gasp tore from my throat as I collapsed back onto the bare mattress, my heart wildly hammering against my ribs.Everything hurt. My thighs were trembling uncontrollably, unable to hold any strength. My wrists were raw, marked with deep red indentations where leather had bitten into my skin. A
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