Chapter 094
SEBASTIAN
Cold.
That was the first thing I became aware of.
A deep, bone-chilling cold that seemed to seep into every part of me.
My body ached, and the surface beneath me felt rough and unforgiving. Stone, I realized hazily.
I was lying on cold stone.
Voices drifted through the fog in my mind.
Distant and muffled, like I was hearing them from underwater.
I couldn't make out the words, just sounds rising and falling in some kind of conversation.
Pain. My head was pounding, a steady throb that made me want to close my eyes and sink back into unconsciousness.
My ear burned where something had pierced it.
The memory was fuzzy, but I remembered the sharp sting, the feeling of liquid dripping into my skin.
My wrists ached too. When I tried to move them, I reali
