Vera’s POV
Pain was the very first thing I felt when I woke up. It slammed into me with the force of a truck. The moment I regained consciousness.
The pain that assaulted my senses was sharp and completely unforgiving. Even seconds after I realized I had regained consciousness, my skull felt like it had been split into two and crudely sewn back together.
A groan slipped past my lips as I tried to move, but even that small motion made the world spin violently around me.
“Ah,” a voice drawled, smooth and amused, “There she is.”
My eyes snapped open, and that was the biggest mistake I could make.
The light around me was no longer kind, it stabbed into my vision and I winced, both in shock and confusion. With a grunt, I squeezed shut my eyes, took a couple of seconds to regain my beari
