24 Kira cracked open her eyes with a groan. She blinked. The dim confines of the narrow, padded room slowly came into focus, confirming that she was still trapped inside a waking nightmare. How much time has passed since I passed out? She had no way of knowing. Thankfully, she was alone. She used the opportunity to take stock of her situation. Her entire body was throbbing with the dull aftermath of pain. But she had trained to dig down past physical discomfort to keep fighting. The way she felt now was comparable to the level of pain she experienced during a difficult fight, minus the adrenaline pumping through her veins. Carlo Traversa is Doloroso. He knows the Procurer. He’s been trying to dig up information on him. The memories of those revelations, accompanied by bouts of agony c

