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Chapter Eighteen: Cabin Fever

Author: Beth Venning
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-24 15:08:35

Jolting awake suddenly from my slumber, I sit up dripping in the largest beads of sweat I believe I have ever produced in all of my life. The thickest but warmest blanket I had ever seen draped over my body; my surroundings not familiar in the slightest.

“Where am I?” My voice asks before my brain could tell it to, my entire body beginning to shake as the unfamiliarity of it all drove my emotions into haywire, as I went to turn to leave the bed, the sharp pain in my ribs gave me the rude reminder of what was happening.

The memory of myself waking up in the hospital came to my mind, I still couldn’t remember how I managed to hurt myself but did recall how I took those pills from Alban. From my experience, I knew this meant I’ve been taken here by Alban and didn’t remember a thing, I hoped I didn’t say anything stupid or incriminating!

Pulling the covers from my legs much slower than before, I take a hold of my ribs and slowly slide out of bed until my feet landed on the floor, my
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