The Devil You Know
I tried to move, to lift a hand or even twitch a finger, but nothing happened.
My body betrayed me, shutting down inch by inch, the sedative clinging like a lover I couldn't shake.
But my ears worked fine, sharp in the haze, catching every pitiful sob, every ragged breath from the shadows.
The sounds sharpened into something more structured, rhythmic.
Voices—deep, male, laced with excitement and greed—rose in the distance, numbers thrown like weapons.
“Fifty thousand!” one barked. “Seventy-five!” another countered, the words overlapping in a frenzy.
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