Chapter 81: The Curse of the Relics
Aria’s POV
My head felt like it was being struck by a thousand hammers all at once. My eyesight was obscured by the intense, burning agony, but as soon as my eyes opened, I realized that something was very wrong.
The smell of ancient stone and stagnant water attacked my senses as the wet, chilly air enveloped me like a cloak. The dark contours of the chamber I was in were barely visible to me; the stone walls were shadowed, and there was a faint, fading light someplace above that created uncanny patterns on the floor.
I had trouble raising my hands, yet something wasn't right. The metal of the chained wrists gnawed at my flesh. The sound of chains clinking reverberated through the silence, reminding me of my current sense of helplessness.
"Where am
