34. What Stories? . . . >< I blinked my eyes, struggling to bring the world into focus. But everything remained hazy, as if I was trapped within a foggy dream. Panic surged through my veins, quickening my heartbeat, as I realized something was terribly wrong. The room around me was shrouded in darkness. I tried to move but my limbs felt heavy and unresponsive. It was as if I was submerged in thick, viscous syrup, my body weighed down by an invisible force, and pain shot through my body like piercing needles, only one thing came to my mind, wolfsbane. The air in the room hung heavy with an acrid smell, an unmistakable scent that made my stomach churn with unease. My head felt like it was throbbing with an intense, pulsating ache, as if a thousand hammers were relentlessly

