CHAPTER THIRTEEN - NYX
I woke to silence.
For a few blurry seconds, I stared at the ceiling without understanding where I was. My body felt strangely numb and painfully heavy at the same time. A dull ache spread through every part of me, settling deepest in my lower abdomen.
Something cold tugged lightly against my wrist, and I turned my head to look at it, finally noticing the drip attached to my wrist. Then, I caught a whiff of the faint medicinal smell in the room.
Confusion flickered briefly through my mind before pain rolled through my abdomen again, dull and deep enough to make me flinch.
And then memory came back all at once.
Blood. Screaming. Pain.
My hand moved instinctively toward my stomach beneath the blankets, but the moment my palm rested there, I knew. I didn’t need a
