**BELLA**
I wake slowly, not because my body is ready but because the pain refuses to let me stay under, and the first thing I’m aware of is the weight pressing down on my chest and limbs like gravity has doubled overnight. My head throbs in a deep, relentless way that makes every thought feel delayed, like my brain is wading through mud, and when I try to move my arm the sharp bite of resistance snaps me fully awake.
Chain.
Silver.
The realization hits hard enough that I gasp, the sound tearing out of my throat as my body jerks instinctively against the restraint, and the pain explodes instantly, white hot and vicious, ripping through my skin and straight into my bones. I cry out before I can stop myself, the sound raw and uncontrolled, because the wolfsbane is still thick in my syste
