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WRENI really had to stop being unconscious all the time. It was getting repetitive, waking up in pain without knowing where I was. Strangely enough, I wasn’t scared this time. Vuk and Raf were with me. They’d keep me safe, just like they’d promised. They’d appear any minute now.
I blinked open my eyes, but there was nothing to see. White fog surrounded me, so thick it hid my surroundings. I was lying on my front, my head turned to one side. My back ached, but it wasn’t too bad. I’d felt much worse pain.
I tried to remember what had happened, but my mind was as foggy as the air around me. I’d been with Vuk and Raf on the bridge of the Phoenix, pretending that I was their captive as we were talking to some Athions. That was the last I remembered. Had I hit my head? Was that the cause of
