Lucia
I groggily awoke from a deep slumber, my mind disoriented and all my senses feeling numb. I frowned, darting my gaze around. The room felt familiar but I couldn't quite place it. Then I felt the sharp pain in my back and it all came back to me. Falling into Marissa's scheme and getting tortured by Adriano. It was as horrible as I had most dreaded… if not more. And since I'm still alive, it meant he wasn't done tormenting me. After that, I remembered falling sick… I got in and out of consciousness at several instances. There were even times when I could make out Adriano's form next to me, but everything was too blurry, so I couldn't be sure. A sharp pain lanced around my finger when I tried clenching it. Lifting my hand, I noticed the skin around my ring had been burnt. The metal pro
