I wake up to pain.
Everything hurts. My whole body feels like I went through a meat grinder. Muscles I didn't know I had are screaming. My skin burns. My head pounds.
And I'm cold. So cold.
My eyes crack open. Not the vehicle anymore. Somewhere else. Dark. Damp. Underground maybe.
A basement or bunker. Concrete walls. Single flickering bulb. The smell of mold and old blood.
I try to move. Everything protests. I look down at myself.
Blood. I'm covered in blood. My clothes are shredded. Claw marks across my arms. Bite marks on my shoulder.
Not all of it is mine.
Memories flood back. The fight. Asher. My wolf partially emerging. The desperate need to protect Adrian overwhelming everything else.
Adrian.
I sit up too fast. The room spins. I have to grab the wall to steady myself.
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