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Sasha woke to a dull, throbbing pain pressing mercilessly against her temples. It pulsed with each heartbeat, a rhythmic reminder of how little rest she’d found. Her eyelids felt unnaturally heavy, swollen and sore from too many nights spent chasing sleep that never came. Even as she tried to move, to shake off the fog weighing her down, her limbs refused to cooperate—stiff and sluggish, as if invisible chains bound her to the bed, pinning her in place beneath their relentless grip. The stiffness in her muscles was unbearable. Every joint ached, radiating a deep soreness that felt far older than her years. Each breath she drew scraped against her ribs, shallow and strained, like her lungs carried the same oppressive weight as her body. It wasn’t just exhaustion—it was bone-deep depletion,
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