_Anya’s POV_
My vision was blurred from the lack of air and tears filled my eyes so heavily that I could barely see what was happening around me.
Everything looked distorted. Shapes moved in shadows and flashes. My ears rang loudly and my chest burned with pain as I fought to drag air into lungs that would not obey me.
Then suddenly the crushing weight above me vanished.
The hands around my throat disappeared so fast that I gasped violently, rolling onto my side as I sucked in air in broken and painful breaths. My throat felt like it was on fire. Every inhale stabbed through me but I did not care. I could breathe again.
The room exploded into chaos around me. Growls thundered through the darkness. Furniture crashed. A man screamed.
I lifted my head weakly. I was still coughing and th
