Chapter 80
Aurora’s POV
When I woke up again, my body felt heavy, as if something was pinning me down. The first thing I noticed was the sterile smell, sharp and artificial, like a hospital but somehow worse. My eyelids fluttered open, and the blurry world around me slowly came into focus. I was lying on a cold metal table, surrounded by machines. So many machines. Their rhythmic beeping filled the air, some whirring softly, others humming with an unsettling energy. Tubes snaked from the machines into my veins, and blood was being drawn from me, so much blood.
I tried to lift my head, but it was like my body wasn’t my own. My arms and legs were strapped down, the leather restraints digging into my wrists and ankles. Panic surged through me. Where was I? How did I get here?
With a dry t
