THALIA
I woke up almost choking on my own gasp. Sharp pain slammed into my head like I’m being hit with a hammer. My back throbbed violently, and everything else in my body ached. Every pulse of my head echoed behind my head, dragging nausea along with it. For a moment, I didn’t know where I was. My limbs felt very heavy and uncooperative, but I still forced myself to get up.
The first coherent thought that broke through the haze was that I’m still alive. Darius hasn’t killed me, and I don’t know whether I should be thankful or be terrified. He doesn’t intend to kill me immediately… meaning he wanted me to suffer first.
I roamed my eyes at the familiar place, and terror quickly crawled down my spine. The cold stone floors, the metallic tang in the air, the faint echo of footsteps above
