Chapter 94
ARIELLE’S POV
I woke up with a start, the biting cold seeping into my bones. A sharp cough tore through my chest, echoing off the cold, damp walls. My eyes blinked open, struggling to adjust to the dim, gloomy light that filtered in through a small, grated window high above. The cold, hard surface beneath me sent shivers through my body as I realized I was still lying on the stone floor of the same wretched cell I had been trapped in for what felt like an eternity.
I slowly pushed myself up, wincing as my muscles protested the sudden movement. My head throbbed with a dull ache, a painful reminder of the fateful day when everything changed. Graduation day was supposed to be a celebration, a culmination of years of hard work and dedication. But instead, it had become a nightmar
