The Alpha Prince's Rejected Mate
"Perhaps unconsciously, as if trying to ease some persistent pressure there."
My free hand drops from where it had been absently rubbing my temple, and Lina's smile becomes sadder.
"There's also the throat tightness, isn't there? A sensation like invisible hands around your neck, especially when you try to speak about certain subjects or people."
The tea cup rattles against its saucer as my hands begin to tremble. Every symptom she's describing is achingly familiar—the headaches that strike without warning, the way I constantly catch myself massaging my temples, the feeling of suffocation that grips me whenever I try to voice certain truths.