*ELYSIA*
**THE NEXT DAY…evening **
My eyes flung open and my body heaved upward with a drawn-out gasp released from the back of my throat. There was an intense, splitting headache tugging my skull. Damn! It felt like I had been thrashed in a duel. Like my opponent had dragged me to hell and back, and I barely survived.
Looking around, my vision was blurry but it was gradually adjusting to my surroundings.
What the hell happened?
Placing a hand on my throbbing forehead, I grunted from the pain but then memories surged, dropping on me at once like a bombshell.
I could remember fighting with some witches at the Lunar Shrine. Plus, a face-off with Clarissa.
My eyes wandered around, slowly registering the room I was confined to.
It was oddly familiar and then it clicked.
Wasn't
