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Coming awake felt like swimming up through viscous, oily depths. Everything was a struggle, opening my eyes, moving my limbs. My hearing was slow to come online. I couldn’t make sense of the low level humming noise. Did Remmy put a fan in my room? Where were my blankets? Something cold and hard was pressed to my forehead. Adrenaline poured into my system, burning out the sluggishness. Even with my heart racing, I kept my body stilled and opened my eyes. I sat in the front seat of a car, my head against the passenger window. It was dark outside. I didn’t recognize any landmarks and couldn’t tell what direction I was headed. I would have to shift in my seat to see my kidnapper and there was no way to do that without alerting them that I was awake.
I turned to find Suvan in the driver’s
