Disclaimer (Spoiler): This following chapters contains detailed themes of self-harm, violence, and suicidal ideation. Reader discretion is advised.
“Why the hell is she not waking up?!” Nikolai’s voice drifted through the thick haze that had wrapped around my mind, muffled and far away.
“I already explained,” Alex’s smooth, detached tone responded. “This isn’t something a doctor can fix—”
A groan escaped my lips, and I blinked my eyes open, everything blurry and spinning. Nikolai was at my side in an instant, his concerned face hovering over mine. I struggled to sit up, glancing around the room. I was in a bedroom—small by Dominico’s standards but still larger than the one I’d had back at the hunter’s mansion. It felt… unfamiliar but safe.
“Where… where are we?” I croaked, my throat dr
