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Sleep held us in its grasp until an abrupt bang jolted us awake. The door burst open, and the room was flooded with light. My heart pounded in my chest as I struggled to shake off the haze of sleep, disoriented and thrown into a sudden whirlwind of urgency as Daniella ordered us to get up and get dressed.
I asked her what was going on, and her response was a curt demand, devoid of explanation, to simply get up now. Panic flickered at the back of my mind as I turned to Alexa, whose wide eyes mirrored my own confusion.
No time for questions, no time to comprehend, we moved on autopilot, adrenaline coursing through our veins as we hastily pulled on clothes, fumbling with buttons and zippers, while one of the guards questioned Daniella about why we co
