AriaPainful, intense Cold.That was the very first thing I felt as my eyes fluttered open. A harsh, biting cold that seeped through my thin clothes and directly into my bones.I groaned softly, my head throbbing with a dull, sickening ache. The air tasted stale, heavy with the smell of damp earth, rust, and blood. I blinked through the darkness, trying to focus my hazy vision.I was lying on a filthy stone floor inside a small, dark cell. High above me, a single tiny iron grate let in a sliver of pale, icy moonlight. Heavy stone walls pressed in from every side.I tried to sit up, but a sharp, metallic sound echoed through the tiny space.CLANG!A wave of intense, agonizing weakness rushed through my body, making my head spin violently. I looked down at my wrists. Thick, cold iron cuffs were locked tightly around my arms, chained securely to a heavy iron ring in the stone wall behind me.These weren't ordinary chains. The moment I tried to gather my strength, a dark, suffocating weig
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